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>Trump to ask judge throw out suits by
>lawmakers, police over U.S. Capitol riot
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>Jan 10 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers
>on Monday will try to persuade a federal
>judge to throw out a series of lawsuits
>by Democratic lawmakers and two police
>officers alleging that the former
>president incited the deadly Jan. 6, 2021,
>assault on the U.S. Capitol.
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>The three lawsuits, by Democratic U.S.
>representatives including Eric Swalwell
>and Jerry Nadler, as well as two Capitol
>Police officers who battled rioters
>claim that Trump is liable for injuries
>to police and lawmakers.
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>The Democratic lawmakers have invoked
>an 1871 law passed to fight the white
>supremacist Ku Klux Klan that prohibits
>political intimidation.
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>The lawsuits charge that the worst
>attack on the U.S. Capitol since the
>War of 1812 was a direct consequence
>of Trump's actions, including a fiery
>speech he gave shortly before thousands
>of his supporters stormed the building
>in an effort to overturn President Joe
>Biden's election.
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>https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-ask-judge-throw-out-suits
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