{"id":24348,"date":"2023-01-06T14:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T19:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=24348"},"modified":"2023-01-06T14:36:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T19:36:02","slug":"trump-sued-for-wrongful-death-on-second-anniversary-of-january-6-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/01\/06\/trump-sued-for-wrongful-death-on-second-anniversary-of-january-6-riot\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump sued for wrongful death on second anniversary of January 6 riot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The partner of a US Capitol Police officer who died a day after the 6 January 2021 riots has sued Donald Trump for wrongful death.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The lawsuit, filed on Thursday , says Trump “intentionally riled up the crowd” that attacked Brian Sicknick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police have ramped up security on Capitol grounds on the second anniversary of the riots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hundreds have been convicted so far, but the FBI says there are more at large.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Federal police believe more than 300 people who committed violent acts that day are yet to be identified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Among them is a person responsible for planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national committees the night before the riots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On Wednesday, the FBI said it will offer $500,000 (\u00a3420,730) to anyone with information that can help them catch the suspect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The US Capitol riots erupted on the afternoon of 6 January 2021 as an attempt to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 election results, in which Joe Biden was elected as US president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The mob stormed the Capitol following a speech from Mr Trump, who was speaking at a rally one mile from the Capitol grounds. In his speech, Mr Trump claimed election fraud and called on then-vice president Mike Pence to overturn the results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We’re going to walk down to the Capitol,” Mr Trump said in the speech. “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”<\/p>\n

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One woman was fatally shot during the riots by a police officer. Three others who were on Capitol grounds that day died from natural causes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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One of them was Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick, who died a day after the riots from a series of strokes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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While Mr Sicknick did not suffer any injuries during the riot, a lawsuit filed by his family on Thursday alleges the violent mob played a role in his death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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His family sued Mr Trump on Thursday for wrongful death, claiming that the former president “intentionally riled up the crowd” and that Mr Sicknick died as a result of “the injuries that violence caused”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Many participants in the attack have since revealed that they were acting on what they believed to be Defendant Trump’s direct orders in service of their country,” the lawsuit states.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The lawsuit also accuses Mr Trump of violating Mr Sicknick’s civil rights, assault and negligence, and is seeking $10m in damages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Trump has not yet commented on the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On Thursday, President Biden will award Mr Sicknick a posthumous medal for his role in responding to the events of 6 January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Since the attacks, a Democrat-led Congressional probe has also examined Mr Trump’s role in inciting the riots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In December, the US House committee probing the 6 January attack asked federal prosecutors to charge Mr Trump with obstruction and insurrection – marking the first time in US history that Congress referred a former president to be criminally prosecuted.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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