https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/us/politics/naacp-sues-trump-giuliani-proud-boys-capitol.html

N.A.A.C.P. Sues Trump and Giuliani Over Election Fight and Jan. 6 Riot

The civil rights group brought the suit on behalf of Representative Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, with other Democrats in Congress expected to join as plaintiffs.

Representative Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against former President Donald J. Trump and others over the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.Credit...Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times

By Annie Karni Feb. 16, 2021

Jason Miller, an adviser to Mr. Trump, noted in response to the lawsuit that the Senate had acquitted the former president of the article of impeachment on inciting an insurrection. The Senate voted 57-43, falling short of the two-thirds majority required to convict.

“President Trump did not plan, produce or organize the Jan. 6 rally on the Ellipse. President Trump did not incite or conspire to incite any violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6,” Mr. Miller said in a statement on Tuesday. He added that Mr. Giuliani “is not currently representing President Trump in any legal matters.”

In the lawsuit, Mr. Thompson said he was forced to wear a gas mask and hide on the floor of the House gallery for three hours while hearing “threats of physical violence against any member who attempted to proceed to approve the Electoral College ballot count.” Mr. Thompson also heard a gunshot, according to the suit, which he did not learn until later had killed Ashli Babbitt, one of the rioters in the Capitol lobby.

Mr. Thompson is seeking compensatory and punitive damages in the lawsuit filed in Federal District Court in Washington. The suit does not include a specific financial amount.

Mr. Thompson, 72, claims he was put at an increased health risk by later being required to shelter in place in a cramped area that did not allow for social distancing. The lawsuit notes that Mr. Thompson shared confined space with two members of Congress who tested positive for the coronavirus shortly after the attack at the Capitol.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON, in his

personal capacity,

2466 Rayburn House Office Building

U.S. House of Representatives

Washington, DC 20515

Plaintiff,

v.

DONALD J. TRUMP, solely in his personal

capacity

Mar-A-Lago

1100 S. Ocean Blvd.

Palm Beach, Florida 33480-5004,

RUDOLPH W. GIULIANI,

Rudolph W Giuliani, PLLC

445 Park Ave FL 18

New York, NY 10022-2606

PROUD BOYS INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C.,

c/o Jason L. Van Dyke

108 Durango Dr.

Crossroads, TX, 76227, and

OATH KEEPERS,

Attn: Stewart Rhodes

1030 E. Hwy 377

Ste 110-285

Granbury, TX 76048

4625 West Nevso Drive, Suite 2 & 3

Las Vegas, NV, 89103

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Civil Action No. ____________

COMPLAINT

JURY TRIAL REQUESTED

COMPLAINT

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INTRODUCTION

1. On and before January 6, 2021, the Defendants Donald J. Trump, Rudolph W.

Giuliani, Proud Boys, and Oath Keepers conspired to incite an assembled crowd to march upon

and enter the Capitol of the United States for the common purpose of disrupting, by the use of

force, intimidation and threat, the approval by Congress of the count of votes cast by members of

the Electoral College as required by Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution. In

doing so, the Defendants each intended to prevent, and ultimately delayed, members of Congress

from discharging their duty commanded by the United States Constitution to approve the results

of the Electoral College in order to elect the next President and Vice President of the United

States.

2. Plaintiff, the Honorable Bennie G. Thompson, Member of the United States

House of Representatives, brings this action against the Defendants for conspiring to prevent him

and other Members of Congress from discharging these official duties, in violation of 42 U.S.C.

§ 1985(1). Enacted as the “Ku Klux Klan Act” in 1871, Section 1985(1) was intended to protect

against conspiracies, through violence and intimidation, that sought to prevent Members of

Congress from discharging their official duties. The statute was enacted in response to violence

and intimidation in which the Ku Klux Klan and other organizations were engaged during that

time period.

3. The Defendants conspired to prevent, by force, intimidation and threats, the

Plaintiff, as a Member of Congress, from discharging his official duties to approve the count of

votes cast by members of the Electoral College following the presidential election held in

November 2020.

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4. In furtherance of this common goal of preventing the timely approval of the

Electoral College vote count, the Defendants acted in concert to incite and then carry out a riot at

the Capitol by promoting an assembly of persons to engage in tumultuous and violent conduct or

the threat of it that created grave danger of harm to the Plaintiff and to other Members of

Congress.

5. This conduct jointly undertaken to threaten the Plaintiff and other Members of

Congress in order to disrupt the Electoral College vote count was part of an ongoing course of

action pursued by the Defendants for the purpose of contesting the announced results of the

presidential election held in November 2020 and preventing the duly elected President and Vice

President from attaining approval of Congress of their election necessary to their inauguration.

6. The insurrection at the Capitol was a direct, intended, and foreseeable result of the

Defendants’ unlawful conspiracy. It was instigated according to a common plan that the

Defendants pursued since the election held in November 2020, culminating in an assembly

denominated as the “Save America” rally held at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. on January 6,

2021, during which Defendants Trump and Giuliani incited a crowd of thousands to descend

upon the Capitol in order to prevent or delay through the use of force the counting of Electoral

College votes. As part of this unified plan to prevent the counting of Electoral College votes,

Defendants Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, through their leadership, acted in concert to

spearhead the assault on the Capitol while the angry mob that Defendants Trump and Giuliani

incited descended on the Capitol. The carefully orchestrated series of events that unfolded at the

Save America rally and the storming of the Capitol was no accident or coincidence. It was the

intended and foreseeable culmination of a carefully coordinated campaign to interfere with the

legal process required to confirm the tally of votes cast in the Electoral College.

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7. While not all of the Defendants in this action were physically present at the

Capitol during this attack on the Plaintiff and other Members of Congress, the events that

occurred were the natural, foreseeable and intended consequence of the Defendants’ coordinated

campaign to use intimidation, harassment and threats in an attempt to prevent Congress from

discharging its legally required duty to preside over, and approve, the count of the Electoral

College votes which ultimately confirmed that Defendant Trump’s opponent was elected the next

President of the United States.

8. Accordingly, this action seeks the award of compensatory damages to redress the

harm to the Plaintiff caused by the Defendants’ use of intimidation, harassment and threats of

violence to interfere with his discharge of his legally required duty as a Member of Congress and

punitive damages to punish the Defendants for the reckless and malicious manner in which they

acted and to enjoin and deter a recurrence of this unlawful conduct.

JURISDICTION AND VENUE

9. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this suit pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1331 because the claim in this case arises under the laws of the United States.

10. Venue is proper in this judicial district pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)(2)

because a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claims occurred in this

district.

THE PARTIES

11. Plaintiff Bennie G. Thompson is the duly elected Representative of the Second

Congressional District of Mississippi. On January 6, 2021, Rep. Thompson was present in the

Capitol in order to discharge his legally required duty to observe and approve the count of votes

cast by members of the Electoral College for the election of President and Vice-President of the

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United States. As described in more detail below, Rep. Thompson was hindered, delayed,

impeded and almost completely prevented from carrying out these duties because of the

Defendants’ unlawful actions. Rep. Thompson brings this suit in his personal capacity.

12. Defendant Donald J. Trump was the President of the United States from January

20, 2017 until noon Eastern Standard Time on January 20, 2021. Defendant Trump is a resident

of the state of Florida. As described in more detail below, Defendant Trump, acting solely in his

personal capacity, conspired with others with the purpose of preventing, by force, intimidation

and threats, the Plaintiff and other Members of Congress from discharging their duty to approve

the results of the Electoral College vote and certify the results of the presidential election held in

November, 2020. Defendant Trump is sued in his personal capacity.

13. Defendant Rudolph William Giuliani has acted as a confidant of Defendant

Trump. The actions attributed to Defendant Giuliani were undertaken in his personal capacity

and not as an officer of the United States. He is a resident of New York. As discussed in more

detail below, Defendant Giuliani acted in concert with other Defendants to prevent the Plaintiff

and other Members of Congress from discharging their duty to approve the results of the

Electoral College vote and certify the results of the presidential election held in November 2020.

14. Proud Boys International, L.L.C. (“Proud Boys”) is a Texas Limited Liability

Company with multiple chapters in the United States and main offices located in Crossroads,

Texas. The organization describes itself as a “pro-Western fraternal organization for men who

refuse to apologize for creating the modern world; aka Western Chauvinists.” Proud Boys

members have participated in multiple events that have supported and promoted views that were

highly critical of positions advanced during the presidential campaign of then Vice President

Biden and views that were strongly supportive of positions advanced during the presidential

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campaign of then President Trump. It also has repeatedly employed and supported the use of

violence in its opposition to views with which it differed, such as the views expressed by leaders

of the Black Lives Matter movement. Proud Boys members can often be identified by the

yellow and black colors they wear as well as by logos and emblems that are identified with the

Proud Boys organization. As described in more detail below, Proud Boys was involved in

organizing and carrying out the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in pursuit of a

purpose shared by Defendants Trump and Giuliani, as part of a jointly conceived and executed

plan to prevent the counting of Electoral Votes confirming Defendant Trump’s opponent as the

next President.

15. Defendant Oath Keepers is a militia organization incorporated as a non-profit

corporation in Nevada, with its main office located in Las Vegas, Nevada, whose members are

comprised of current and former military and law enforcement officers who express the view that

the federal government is trying to strip American citizens of their rights. The organization’s

name is derived from the oath that all military and police take to “defend the Constitution against

all enemies, foreign and domestic.” The organization and its leadership have routinely stated

that it is preparing for or engaged in a civil war. As described in more detail below, Oath

Keepers was directly involved in organizing and carrying out the insurrection at the Capitol on

January 6, 2021 in pursuit of a purpose shared by Defendants Trump, Giuliani and Proud Boys.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

I. Defendants’ Actions Leading Up to the “Save America” Rally

16. The attack on the Capitol that occurred on January 6, 2021 was no accident.

Since the results of the election held in November 2020 were announced, Defendant Trump, in

concert with Defendant Giuliani, mobilized supporters by mounting a campaign of

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misinformation and anger-laden rhetoric to challenge the validity of the election results in

support of the false contention that Defendant Trump had actually won the election

notwithstanding the results certified by every state in the Union that demonstrated otherwise.

17. During the presidential campaign, Defendant Trump repeatedly declined to agree

that, regardless of the outcome of the election, he would ensure a peaceful transition of power.

In doing so, he solicited the support of, and endorsed the belligerent and violent actions of,

organizations such as the Proud Boys that expressed support of his reelection.

18. During this time, Defendant Trump actively and enthusiastically supported armed

protesters who used threats and, at times, violence in the pursuit of their political and social

agendas. For example, after state governments began implementing restrictions on access to

public facilities in response to the spread of the COVID-19, Defendant Trump referred to

supporters who threatened the use of violence in resisting these restrictions as the “Trump Army”

and the “first line of defense when it comes to fighting off the Liberal mob.”

19. In another illustration of Defendant Trump’s endorsement of the threat of

violence, after a caravan of Trump supporters swarmed a Biden campaign bus on November 1,

2020, nearly causing a violent accident and leading to the cancellation of a Biden campaign

event, Defendant Trump praised the mob, saying, “These patriots did nothing wrong.”

20. After the votes were tallied from the election held on November 3, 2020,

Defendants Trump and Giuliani initiated a campaign in which they reported that the announced

vote tallies were the product of fraud and that Defendant Trump in fact won the election,

notwithstanding that these assertions were repeatedly rejected by the courts and the states to

which they were presented.

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21. On November 4, 2020, Defendant Trump declared that he had won the

presidential election, notwithstanding that some votes cast had not yet been counted.

22. After all the votes had been counted and former Vice President Joseph Biden was

declared the victor, Defendants Trump and Giuliani and Defendant Trump’s supporters

embarked on a campaign to challenge as fraudulent the vote results in more than 60 lawsuits

filed in various state and federal courts.

23. Notwithstanding that the allegations of fraud were repeatedly rejected by the

courts in which these suits were filed, Defendants Trump and Giuliani together maintained that

Defendant Trump had actually prevailed in the election and continued to attack the integrity of

the state election offices and officials and the election results in those states that reported

Defendant Trump received fewer votes than then-former Vice President Biden.

24. Defendant Trump communicated these inflammatory and demonstrably false

views through various social media outlets, including Twitter, through which he had 89 million

followers.

25. Similarly, at a press conference held in the parking lot of Four Seasons Total

Landscaping in Pennsylvania held on November 7, 2020, Defendant Giuliani stated that there

had been widespread voter fraud in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh which he claimed accounted for

Defendant Trump’s loss in that state. Both cities have large African American populations.

26. Defendant Giuliani claimed that Philadelphia had “a sad history of voter

fraud.” He also named deceased African Americans, whom he falsely claimed were still allowed

to vote.

27. In another episode in the campaign mounted by Defendants Trump and Giuliani,

Defendant Giuliani said, “The margin in Michigan was 146,121, and these ballots were all cast

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basically in Detroit, that Biden won 80-20. So, you see a change as a result in the election in

Michigan if you take out Wayne County, so it’s a very significant case.” As a result, Defendant

Giuliani advocated rejecting the votes cast by voters in Detroit, the population of which is 78

percent African American. No evidence of such fraud was ever produced or found by any court

or state agency.

28. In still another episode in this campaign to instill doubt in the integrity of the

electoral process, Defendant Giuliani asserted at a press conference held on November 19, 2020

that Defendant Trump’s loss in Wisconsin was attributed to fraud in voting in Milwaukee and

Madison, Wisconsin, both of which have large African American populations.

29. In response to Defendant Trump and Giuliani’s repeated assertions that voting in

states where Defendant Trump lost was tainted by fraud, some supporters of Defendant Trump,

with his urging and support, harassed election workers in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada,

Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and other states and attempted to interfere with and/or stop the vote

count in those states.

30. Defendant Trump persisted in casting doubt on the integrity of the electoral

process in states where he lost and encouraging supporters to do the same, notwithstanding that

state election officials found no evidence of fraud and resistance to the election results expressed

by his supporters grew increasingly shrill and accusatory. Although officials rebutted the

allegations of fraud and urged calmer exchanges over the election results, supporters of

Defendant Trump, with his expressed support, continued to engage in personal and accusatory

attacks.

31. Georgia Republican election official Gabriel Sterling, for example, pleaded with

Trump to “[s]top inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence. Someone is going to get

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shot, someone is going to get killed. And it’s not right.” This plea, like others from state

election officials, went unheeded by Trump and his supporters.

32. Other threats of violence expressed by Trump supporters, with his endorsement,

continued unabated. On December 6, 2020, for example, armed protestors arrived at the home of

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, threatening violence after the results of the

election.

33. Similarly, on December 8, the official Twitter account of the Arizona GOP asked

supporters if they were willing to die for Defendant Trump, accompanied by a clip from the

movie “Rambo.”

34. Acknowledging the existence of these threats of violence, Trump endorsed rather

than discouraged them. On December 10, 2020, for example, he tweeted: “People are upset, and

they have a right to be. Georgia not only supported Trump in 2016, but now. This is the only

State in the Deep South that went for Biden? Have they lost their minds? This is going to

escalate dramatically. This is a very dangerous moment in our history....” Notwithstanding the

danger that these threats of violence could escalate, Defendant Trump continued to claim that he

had won elections in states where the state-certified vote tallies showed otherwise.

35. As states finished certifying the official election results, confirming that

Defendant Trump had lost the presidential election, Defendants Trump and Giuliani began

characterizing the presidential election as stolen. On December 12, 2020, “Stop the Steal” rallies

occurred across the country where violence erupted among the demonstrators. Rather than

urging the demonstrators to act peacefully, Defendant Trump expressed his unqualified support

of those who participated in these rallies and their violent tactics and tweeted, “I’ll be seeing

them!”

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36. Turning his attention away from challenging the state election results and toward

the final count of the Electoral College votes by Congress on January 6, 2021, Defendant Trump

began to rally his supporters to descend on Washington at that time. He tweeted: “Statistically

impossible to have lost the 2020 Election” and “Big protest in DC on January 6th. Be there, will

be wild!”

37. In the days leading up to the “Save America” rally scheduled for January 6, 2021,

Defendant Trump repeatedly issued messages to his supporters expressing support for the use of

violent means to secure his reelection and stop the process confirming the election of former

Vice President Biden.

38. On social media message boards used by Trump supporters, supporters referred to

the need to “go to war” against those who they regarded as unreceptive to Defendant Trump’s

efforts to secure his reelection.

39. In yet another warning that the incendiary remarks expressed by Trump could

lead to violence, on December 28, 2020, former White House official Olivia Troye expressed

concern “that there will be violence on January 6th because the president himself encourages it.”

Ms. Troye continued, “This is what [Trump] does. He tweets. He incites it. He gets his

followers and supporters to behave in this manner, and these people think they they’re being

patriotic because they are supporting Donald Trump.”

40. Nonetheless, on January 1, 2021, Defendant Trump retweeted a tweet from the

chair of Women for America First, an organizer of the “Save America” rally, stating, “The

cavalry [sic] is coming, Mr. President!”

41. On December 29, 2020, Enrique Tarrio, Chairman of the Proud Boys, posted a

message on the social media site Parler about the demonstration planned for January 6, 2021.

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Among other things, Tarrio announced that the Proud Boys would “turn out in record numbers

on Jan 6th but this time with a twist… We will not be wearing our traditional Black and Yellow.

We will be incognito and we will be spread across downtown DC in smaller teams. And who

knows … we might dress in all BLACK for the occasion.” Law enforcement investigating the

Capitol insurrection has attributed the statement about dressing in “all BLACK” as a reference to

dressing like the group known as “Antifa,” whom the Proud Boys have identified as an enemy of

their movement and are often depicted in the media wearing all black to demonstrations.

42. In early January, Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs posted on the social media

platform Parler: “Every lawmaker who breaks their own stupid Fucking laws should be dragged

out of office and hung.”

43. In an interview posted online on or about January 3, 2021, Mr. Biggs described

the Proud Boys’ efforts to organize and participate in events, stating that the group carefully

plans ahead around a common objective for the group to achieve at the event.

44. Defendant Trump encouraged and condoned the violence in which the Proud

Boys engaged. When asked to denounce the Proud Boys during the September 28, 2020

presidential debate, which had followed events over the summer in which Proud Boys members

were reported to have promoted and engaged in violence during rallies, Defendant Trump

condoned, rather than condemned, their violent conduct, telling members of the group: “Proud

Boys, stand back and stand by.”

45. Understanding that Defendant Trump was endorsing their violent conduct and

enlisting them for future conflicts, Proud Boys Chairman Tarrio responded by tweeting:

“Standing by sir.”

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46. Thomas Caldwell, a leader of Defendant Oath Keepers, was also directly involved

in coordinating and preparing for the insurrection at the Capitol.

47. On January 1, 2021, Caldwell sent a Facebook message with information about a

hotel in Northern Virginia where Oath Keepers members could stay and assemble when they

came to Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021, stating that the hotel had “a good location and

would allow us to hunt at night if we wanted to.” This message further stated that gathering on

January 6 would be a “call to arms.”

48. Following his father’s lead, on January 4, 2021, at a campaign rally in Georgia,

Donald Trump Jr. rallied the crowd by stating, “They’re not taking this White House. We’re

going to fight like hell.”

49. Stoking the anger and fervor of the crowd assembled in Washington, D.C. for the

“Stop the Steal” rally scheduled for January 6, 2021, at a rally at Freedom Plaza in Washington,

D.C. held on January 5, 2021, the leader of the “Stop the Steal” event led the crowd of Trump

supporters in a chant of: “Victory or death!”

50. On the morning of January 6, 2021, before the Congressional approval of the

Electoral College vote count was scheduled to occur later that day, Defendant Trump sent a

message by twitter to Vice President Pence, encouraging him to refuse to allow the state-certified

Electoral College ballots to be counted, as the Electoral Count Act of 1887 required. Instead,

Defendant Trump stated, “All Mike Pence has to do is send [the election] back to the States,

AND WE WIN.”

51. The Electoral Count Act of 1887 requires that Congress convene on January 6 at

1:00 PM of the year after each presidential election in order to count the ballots cast by members

of the Electoral College and, absent objection to any of the ballots, certify the count to the Vice

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President, acting as President of the Senate, who is required to formally declare the victor in the

election.

52. Defendant Trump’s proposal to Vice President Pence as the President of the

Senate, that he decline to count the Electoral College ballots and, instead of declaring the winner

of the election, send the election back to the states, was in direct contravention of the legal

requirements that the Electoral Count Act of 1887 imposed on the Vice President.

II. The Actions of Defendants Trump and Giuliani at the “Save America” Rally

53. On the morning of January 6, 2021, before the “Save America” rally, Defendant

Trump urged his followers to resist the final count of the Electoral College ballots, misinforming

them in a tweet that “The States want to redo their votes. They found out they voted on a

FRAUD. Legislatures never approved. Let them do it. BE STRONG!” No state ever expressed

the view, attributed to them by Defendant Trump, that they wanted to “redo their votes.”

54. Defendant Giuliani spoke immediately before Defendant Trump. In remarks

mirroring Defendant Trump’s prior messages, Defendant Giuliani began by making a series of

statements about the election contradicted by the state election officers, calling the votes lawfully

cast in favor of President Biden “crooked ballots” and stating that he was “going to find

criminality” and “proof this election was stolen.” Then, he incited the crowd to take violent

action, stating, “If we’re right, a lot of them will go to jail. So, let’s have trial by combat … I’ll

be darned if they’re going to take our free and fair vote … We’re going to fight to the very end to

make sure that doesn’t happen.”

55. Then, Defendant Trump addressed the assembled crowd. Defendant Trump

began by condemning his political opposition and repeating the same unproven accusation,

rejected by the state election officers, that the election was stolen from him: “Hundreds of

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thousands of American patriots are committed to the honesty of our elections and the integrity of

our glorious Republic. All of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by

emboldened radical left Democrats, which is what they’re doing and stolen by the fake news

media. That’s what they’ve done and what they’re doing. We will never give up. We will never

concede, it doesn’t happen. You don’t concede when there’s theft involved.” No state or court

has credited Defendant Trump’s assertion that his opportunity to win the presidential election

was “stolen” from him.

56. Defendant Trump then began stoking the crowd’s anger and urging them to take

action to forcibly seize control of the process for counting and approving the Electoral College

ballots, stating: “Republicans are constantly fighting like a boxer with his hands tied behind his

back. It’s like a boxer, and we want to be so nice. We want to be so respectful of everybody,

including bad people. We’re going to have to fight much harder and Mike Pence is going to

have to come through for us. If he doesn’t, that will be a sad day for our country because you’re

sworn to uphold our constitution. Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on

our democracy. After this, we’re going to walk down, and I’ll be there with you. We’re going to

walk down. We’re going to walk down any one you want, but I think right here. We’re going

walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave Senators, and Congressmen and

women. We’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll

never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be

strong.” It was Defendant Trump’s efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the presidential

election results, not the lawful actions of the state election officials, that constituted the

“egregious assault on our democracy” to which he referred.

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57. The call to arms by Defendant Trump had its intended effect. Immediately after

his incendiary remarks, the crowd began shouting and chanting, “Storm the Capitol,” “Invade the

Capitol Building,” and “Take the Capitol right now.”

58. Rather than discourage the riotous action that was advocated, Defendant Trump

reinforced it by stating: “The radical left knows exactly what they’re doing. They’re ruthless and

it’s time that somebody did something about it.”

59. Defendant Trump then roused the crowd further, shouting: “Something is wrong

here, something is really wrong, can’t have happened and we fight, we fight like hell, and if you

don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”

60. At this point, the crowd began chanting “Fight like Hell” and “Fight for Trump.”

61. Then, Defendant Trump directed the crowd to descend upon the Capitol: “So we

are going to … walk down Pennsylvania Avenue …, and we are going to the Capitol, and we are

going to try and give … our Republicans, the weak ones because the strong ones don’t need any

of our help, we’re … going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to

take back our country. So, let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue.”

62. The permit obtained for the Save America rally expressly provided: “This permit

does not authorize a march from the Ellipse.” Defendant Trump nevertheless instructed the

angry crowd to march from the Ellipse to the Capitol for the purpose of “fight[ing] like hell,” and

therefore directed the crowd to take action outside the bounds of what the permit authorized.

III. The Insurrection at the Capitol

63. The U.S. Capitol, which is located at First Street, SE, in Washington, D.C., is

secured 24 hours a day by U.S. Capitol Police. Restrictions around the U.S. Capitol include

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permanent and temporary security barriers and posts manned by U.S. Capitol Police. Only

authorized people with appropriate identification were allowed access inside the U.S. Capitol.

64. On January 6, 2021, the exterior plaza of the U.S. Capitol was closed to members

of the public. Metal barriers were placed along pedestrian entrances approximately one hundred

feet from the west side entrance to the Capitol.

65. On January 6, 2021, at approximately 1:00 PM, in accordance with the

Constitution and federal law dictating the means by which Congress counts the states’ Electoral

Votes, including the date and time such counting shall occur, a joint session of the United Sates

Congress convened at the United States Capitol to certify the vote count of the 2020 presidential

election.

66. Defendant Proud Boys was a key instigator of the insurrection at the Capitol,

working in concert with Defendants Trump and Giuliani as they incited and directed an angry

mob to descend on the Capitol.

67. At approximately 12:50 PM on January 6, 2021, Defendant Proud Boys, rallied

by leader Joseph Biggs, coalesced and marched towards the Capitol while Trump was speaking

at the Save America rally.

68. En route to the Capitol, members of Defendant Proud Boys were engaged in

various chants and response calls, including “Fuck Antifa!” and “Whose streets? Our streets!”

69. At the direction of the Defendant Proud Boys rally organizers, many Proud Boys

members abandoned their organization’s colors of black and yellow in order to wear the black

attire associated with Antifa.

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70. Captured on video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0MA5GjR6Zo, at

approximately 12:52 PM, Defendant Proud Boys head Biggs dispatched the leader of the assault

on the Capitol entrance.

71. Following this lead, more members of Defendant Proud Boys descended on the

Capitol, breaking through the metal barriers erected a hundred feet from the Capitol building and

overcoming the Capitol Police officers stationed there to repel any incursion on the Capitol.

72. Following the lead of the Defendant Proud Boys, who overcame the barriers

erected to protect the Capitol, the crowd dispatched by Defendant Trump descended on the

Capitol.

73. By the time the thousands of demonstrators arrived at the Capitol, the Proud Boys

had already begun compromising the protections erected by the Capitol Police near the base of

the Capitol.

74. As a result, the crowd that arrived passed easily through the outer ring of barriers

and was able to confront and ultimately overwhelm an inner array of Capitol Police and

barricades established as the last line of defense outside the Capitol building.

75. Having delayed delivering his incendiary remarks to the crowd at the Ellipse in

order to afford the Defendant Proud Boys an opportunity to arrive at the Capitol and overcome

its initial defenses, Defendant Trump acted in concert with the Proud Boys, allowing them to

clear the way for the arriving riotous crowd to descend on, and ultimately enter, the Capitol.

76. The crowd that Defendants Trump and Giuliani incited to march upon and

forcibly enter the Capitol erected gallows on the Capitol grounds and displayed a noose.

77. Members of the crowd, whom Defendants Trump and Giuliani incited to forcibly

enter the Capitol, proceeded as Defendants Trump and Giuliani directed them to interrupt the

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count of the Electoral College ballots with the purpose of precluding the final certification of the

election results required by law.

78. At the time the rioters initially broke into the Capitol, members of the House of

Representatives and the Senate were engaged in debating the tally of the votes cast by members

of the Electoral College.

79. Defendant Trump was watching live televised reports of the forcible entry into the

Capitol and the violence committed by the crowd dispatched by Defendants Trump and Giuliani.

Rather than take action to attempt to calm the riotous crowd or direct additional law enforcement

to the site, Defendant Trump egged on members of the riotous crowd by tweeting at 1:49 PM a

video of the “Save America” rally filmed shortly before, where he had rallied the crowd with his

clarion call: “Our country has had enough. We will not take it anymore and that’s what this is all

about . . . You’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and

you have to be strong.”

80. Shortly after 2:00 PM, the riotous crowd breached the Capitol Building.

Windows and barricades were broken as the mob stormed into the National Statuary Hall, the

heart of the Capitol building.

81. Video recorded a member of Defendant Proud Boys as he broke through a Capitol

window at approximately 2:11 PM, using the clear-plastic shield seized from an overcome

Capitol Police Officer. Thereafter, members of the crowd, including some from the Defendant

Proud Boys, entered the Capitol through the broken window and then opened a door, through

which the riotous crowd streamed into the Capitol.

82. The member of Defendant Proud Boys who broke through the window with a

plastic shield then posted a self-congratulatory video of himself smoking a cigar in celebration of

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his unlawful entry, declaring: “Victory smoke in the Capitol, boys … I knew we could take this

shit over if we tried hard enough.”

83. Other video live streamed to the social media site Parler captured Defendant

Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs, who had entered the Capitol, responding to an inquiry asking,

“Hey Biggs, what do you gotta say” by smiling and pronouncing, “This is awesome!”

84. Shortly after the Capitol was breached, the Senate was called into recess.

85. Chaos and violence reigned as riotous members of the crowd inflamed by remarks

from Defendants Trump and Giuliani streamed into the Capitol, overcoming most of the

remaining Capitol Police and descending upon Capitol offices of Members of Congress and their

staff. Rioters beat on the doors of the chamber of the House of Representatives where Defendant

Thompson and other members of the House were forced to shelter in place.

86. Employing ear pieces and walkie-talkies in order to communicate with each other

and coordinate their attack on the Capitol, members of Defendant Proud Boys inside the Capitol

Building continued to lead and coordinate facets of the attack on the Capitol in order to interfere

with the tally of Electoral College votes in which members of Congress were engaged.

87. Yet another video depicted a member of Defendant Proud Boys inside the Capitol

saying, “We just went ahead and stormed the Capitol. It’s about to get ugly.” He was

surrounded by riotous supporters who chanted “Our house” and were accompanied by another

member of Defendant Proud Boys who sarcastically called for “Nancy,” to summon the Speaker

of the House of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.

88. Thereafter, members of Defendant Proud Boys and members of the riotous crowd

whose invasion of the Capitol was incited by Defendants Trump and Giuliani roamed the

Capitol, entering and rifling through Member offices, including the office of House Speaker

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Nancy Pelosi, leaving furniture and files in disarray and removing personal and official effects

including laptops containing confidential information. As they roamed the Capitol Building,

members of Defendant Proud Boys and members of the riotous crowd chanted, “Fight for

Trump.”

89. Members of Defendant Proud Boys as well as members of the riotous crowd also

searched for Members of Congress in the halls and rooms of the Capitol. Several rioters

carried plastic handcuffs that would have permitted them to detain Members of Congress whom

they encountered.

90. Notwithstanding that Republican Members of Congress trapped in the Capitol

transmitted appeals to the White House to take immediate action to stop the insurrection, no

action was forthcoming as the President continued to watch the insurrection unfold in live

televised reports.

91. Soon after members of the riotous crowd dispatched by Defendants Trump and

Giuliani forcibly entered the Capitol and began roaming its halls and offices, Defendant Trump

called upon them to disrupt the Electoral College ballot count, tweeting that “Mike Pence didn’t

have the courage to do what should have been done …”

92. When the Capitol was breached around 2:11 PM, then Vice President Pence was

present at the Capitol in his capacity as President of the Senate, in order to preside over the tally

of the Electoral College ballots.

93. Having declined to suspend the Electoral College vote tally as Defendant Trump

urged him to do, then Vice President Pence also became a target of the crowd’s ire, along with

Members of Congress, as rioters chanted “Hang Mike Pence.”

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94. Once inside the Capitol, some members of the riotous crowd confirmed they were

acting upon the direction and at the behest of Defendant Trump. When the crowd confronted

Capitol Police inside the Capitol, they warned the Capitol Police officers, “You’re outnumbered.

There’s a fucking million of us out there. And we are listening to Trump – your boss.”

Apparently believing that Defendant Trump’s inciteful remarks gave them license to enter and

overtake the Capitol, leaders of the riotous crowd also told Capitol Police, “We were invited here

by the President of the United States.” Rioters parading through the halls of the Capitol carried

flags and wore clothing and other paraphernalia bearing the name: “Trump.”

95. As House Republican Conference Chair the Honorable Elizabeth L. Cheney

stated in her vote in favor of the Article of Impeachment on January 12, 2021, Defendant Trump

“summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that

followed was his doing.”

96. Then Senate Majority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell likewise observed in

remarks delivered on the Senate floor on January 19, 2021 the pivotal role of Defendant Trump

in inciting the attack on the Capitol, stating, “The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the

President and other powerful people and they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific

proceeding of the first branch of the federal government which they did not like.”

97. Acting in concert with Defendant Proud Boys and the rest of the riotous mob

entering the Capitol, members of Defendant Oath Keepers wore paramilitary equipment,

helmets, reinforced vests and clothing with Oath Keepers paraphernalia, moving in a regimented

manner as members of the military are trained. Pursuing a purpose shared by Defendants Trump

and Giuliani as well as Defendant Proud Boys, Defendant Oath Keepers played a leadership role

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of the riotous crowd and provided military-style assistance sufficient to overcome any Capitol

Police resistance.

98. Members of Defendant Oath Keepers were equally clear that the purpose of their

unlawful presence at the Capitol was to interfere with the tally of Electoral College votes. One

member of Defendant Oath Keepers, for example, posted a photograph of herself at the Capitol

on the social media site Parler, along with the statement: “Me before forcing entry into the

Capitol Building. #stopthesteal #stormthecapitol #oathkeepers #ohiomilitia.” Another post late

in the day declared: “Yeah. We stormed the Capitol today. Teargassed, the whole, 9. Pushed

our way into the Rotunda. Made it into the Senate even. The news is lying (even Fox) about the

Historical Events we created today.”

99. Like Defendant Proud Boys, members of Defendant Oath Keepers communicated

with portable devices that permitted them to coordinate their activities in the Capitol. A message

later posted on Facebook for example revealed Defendant Oath Keepers was transmitting

intelligence about the location of Members of Congress whom they were hunting. It said: “All

members are in the tunnels under capital seal them in. Turn on gas.” Another message

transmitted to Defendant Oath Keepers leader Thomas Caldwell during the attack reported:

“Tom, all legislators are down in the Tunnels 3 floors down,” and “Go through back house

chamber doors facing N left down hallway down steps.” Still another message among members

of Defendant Oath Keepers revealed the organized manner in which they pursued their mission:

"We have a good group. We have about 30-40 of us. We are sticking together and sticking to

the plan.”

100. Reflecting on their success in interfering with the tally of the Electoral College

votes, Defendant Oath Keepers leader Thomas Caldwell posted a message on Facebook at

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approximately 7:49 PM on the same day with a video of himself inside the Capitol and the

message: “Us storming the castle. Please share. Sharon was with me. I am such an instigator!

She was ready for it man! Didn’t even mind the tear gas.”

101. Gloating over their perceived success, Caldwell then sent another message

reporting: “Proud boys scuffled with cops and drove them inside to hide. Breached the doors.

One guy made it all the way to the house floor, another to Pelosi’s office. A good time.”

102. Viewing their success in disrupting the Congress as a model for similar actions in

the future, Caldwell sent another message stating: “We need to do this at the local level. Let’s

storm the capitol in Ohio. Tell me when!”

103. Members of the riotous crowd prominently displayed a Confederate flag within

the walls of the Capitol. Widely viewed as a symbol of the subjugation of African Americans as

slaves by the dominant white slave holders as well as a powerful reminder of the insurrection

caused by the secession of the southern states before the Civil War, members of the riotous

crowd carried the Confederate Flag as a banner reflecting much of the sentiment motivating

many who invaded the Capitol.

104. Outside the Capitol, rioters attacked Capitol Police officers, yelling “traitors” at

those law enforcement officers who were trying to protect the Capitol and the members of the

House of Representatives and Senate.

105. Rioters doused law enforcement officers with bear mace, a concentrated pepper

spray designed to deter bear attacks, i.e., not intended to be deployed against humans.

106. Capitol Police Officers were dragged and kicked.

107. At least one officer was beaten with the pole attached to an American flag.

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108. While the rioting crowd was forcibly entering the Capitol, roaming its halls and

desecrating its offices, that same day Defendant Giuliani joined the other Defendants in seeking

to delay and derail the tally of the Electoral College ballots by calling Members of Congress,

urging them to do everything they could to “slow it down” and “delay” the Electoral College

vote count in Congress.

109. In these phone call communications with selected Members of Congress while the

insurrection was ongoing on January 6, Defendant Giuliani urged: “And I know they’re

reconvening at eight tonight, but the only strategy we can follow is to object to numerous states

and raise issues so that we get ourselves into tomorrow ideally until the end of tomorrow.”

110. At 6:01 PM, Defendant Trump expressed the view that the insurrection attempted

by the rioting crowd dispatched by Trump and Giuliani and the accompanying violence at the

Capitol were justified and to be expected, tweeting: “These are the things and events that happen

when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from

great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love & in

peace. Remember this day forever!” This again was a complete and utter lie by Trump trying to

tell the American people that he won a landslide election victory which was being stripped away.

111. The final announcement by Vice President Mike Pence of the count of the

Electoral College votes, which provided the imprimatur of Congress on the results of the

presidential election held in 2020, did not occur until 3:41 AM the next morning, January 7,

2021.

112. Five people died during the course of the riot and/or as a result of injuries

sustained during the riot. Those casualties included one member of law enforcement.

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113. Fights between rioters and officers of the Capitol Police resulted in the

hospitalization of more than 50 officers.

114. Faced with the threat of criminal prosecution, many of the rioting crowd members

justified their presence and their actions as occurring because Defendants Trump and/or Giuliani

instructed them to proceed in this unruly and disruptive manner, and that these individuals were

following orders from their then-President and his attorney.

IV. Plaintiff, the Honorable Bennie Thompson

115. When the attack on the Capitol began, Plaintiff Thompson was seated in Gallery

C of the House of Representatives, prepared to discharge his duties to supervise and eventually

vote on approval of the count of the Electoral College ballots.

116. Plaintiff Thompson was present when the proceeding began at 1:00 PM, as

required by the Electoral Count Act of 1887.

117. Between approximately 2:15 and 2:20 PM, soon after rioters had breached the

Capitol Building, the House was called into recess.

118. Plaintiff Thompson heard rioters pounding on the door of the House chamber and

saw security guards move furniture to blockade the door. He then heard the rioters trying to

break into the chamber refer to Speaker Pelosi as a “bitch,” saying they wanted to get their hands

on her and refer to Vice President Pence as having betrayed President Trump.

119. Plaintiff Thompson witnessed security personnel draw their firearms to protect

Plaintiff Thompson and other Members of Congress, who were there to perform their legally

required duties, from the violent rioters who were attempting to disrupt, and ultimately did

disrupt, this important function of Congress.

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120. Through the blocked doors, Plaintiff Thompson heard threats of physical violence

against any Member who attempted to proceed to approve the Electoral College ballot count.

121. Plaintiff Thompson heard a gunshot, the source of which, at the time, was

unknown to him, although he later learned that it had killed one of the rioters who had forced her

way into the Capitol lobby.

122. Capitol security instructed Plaintiff Thompson and the other lawmakers to lie on

the floor, don gas masks that were stored under seats in the gallery, and to move to the other side

of the gallery. After an extended period of time had elapsed, during which Plaintiff Thompson

and his colleagues were unable to move or leave the gallery because the rioters posed a

continuing threat to their safety, Capitol security led Plaintiff Thompson and the other lawmakers

through a tunnel out of the Capitol to the Longworth House Office Building, where they were

directed to shelter in a room with 200-300 other lawmakers, staff members, and family members.

123. During this period, Plaintiff Thompson received telephone calls from his wife

who reported what she saw on the televised reports of violence at the Capitol. Plaintiff

Thompson ultimately moved to a different room in the Longworth Building, and at about 6:00

P.M. was moved to a secure location in the Capitol.

124. Plaintiff Thompson personally witnessed rioters who had gotten far into the

building and were lying face down on the floor and restrained after being arrested by security.

125. All these events took place during a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Plaintiff

Thompson was 72 years old at the time and therefore within the age group for which the virus

posed the greatest risk to his health.

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126. By being required to shelter in place, Plaintiff Thompson and other Members of

Congress were forced to occupy space that did not allow for the social distancing measures that

minimized the risk of transmission of the virus.

127. Shortly after the siege on the Capitol ended, at least two other Members of

Congress who shared the confined space with Plaintiff Thompson tested positive for COVID-19.

128. Until the proceedings with the count of the Electoral College ballots resumed at

approximately 8:00 PM, Plaintiff Thompson and other Members were barred from leaving the

Capitol Building because their safety remained at risk from rioting crowd members who were

still present.

129. During this entire time, Plaintiff Thompson reasonably feared for his physical

safety. While trapped in the building, during the siege by the rioters that Defendants unleashed

on the Capitol, Plaintiff Thompson feared for his life and worried that he might never see his

family again.

130. On January 13, 2021, an Article of Impeachment was passed by a bipartisan

majority of the House of Representatives, citing Defendant Trump for inciting the violence

perpetrated at the Capitol. The Article of Impeachment provides, in part:

On January 6, 2021, pursuant to the 12th Amendment to the

Constitution of the United States, the Vice President of the United

States, the House of Representatives, and the Senate met at the

United States Capitol for a Joint Session of Congress to count the

votes of the Electoral College. In the months preceding the Joint

Session, President Trump repeatedly issued false statements

asserting that the Presidential election results were the product of

widespread fraud and should not be accepted by the American

people or certified by State or Federal officials. Shortly before the

Joint Session commenced, President Trump, addressed a crowd at

the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. There, he reiterated false claims

that “we won this election, and we won it by a landslide.” He also

willfully made statements that, in context, encouraged — and

foreseeably resulted in — lawless action at the Capitol, such as: “if

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you don’t fight like hell you're not going to have a country

anymore.” Thus incited by President Trump, members of the

crowd he had addressed, in an attempt to, among other objectives,

interfere with the Joint Session's solemn constitutional duty to

certify the results of the 2020 Presidential election, unlawfully

breached and vandalized the Capitol, injured and killed law

enforcement personnel, menaced Members of Congress, the Vice

President, and Congressional personnel, and engaged in other

violent, deadly, destructive and seditious acts.

131. At the conclusion of President Trump’s impeachment trial, the Senate voted to

acquit Defendant Trump, finding Defendant Trump not guilty of inciting the deadly riot at the

Capitol by a vote of 57 to 43.

132. Minutes after voting to acquit Defendant Trump, Senate Minority Leader Mitch

McConnell gave a speech on the floor of the Senate. Senator McConnell began by

acknowledging Defendant Trump’s culpability: “There is no question that President Trump is

practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day. The people who

stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president.

And their having that belief was a foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false

statements, conspiracy theories, and reckless hyperbole which the defeated President kept

shouting into the largest megaphone on planet Earth.” However, like the other Senators who

voted to acquit Defendant Trump, Senator McConnell did not believe that the impeachment

process was constitutional. Senator McConnell went on to state that “President Trump is still

liable for everything he did while he was in office, as an ordinary citizen, unless the statute of

limitations has run, still liable for everything he did while in office, didn't get away with

anything yet – yet. We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation.

And former presidents are not immune from being held accountable by either one.”

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CAUSE OF ACTION

Violation of the Ku Klux Klan Act

133. Plaintiff incorporates herein by reference the allegations contained in all

preceding paragraphs.

134. Under the Ku Klux Klan Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1985(1), Defendants may not “conspire

to prevent, by force, intimidation, or threat, any person … holding any office, trust, or place of

confidence under the United States … from discharging any duties thereof; or to induce by like

means any officer of the United States to leave any … place[] where his duties as an officer are

required to be performed, or … to molest, interrupt, hinder, or impede him in the discharge of his

official duties.”

135. Defendants Trump, Giuliani, Proud Boys, and Oath Keepers plotted, coordinated,

and executed a common plan to prevent Congress from discharging its official duties in

certifying the results of the presidential election.

136. In furtherance of this conspiracy, Defendants Trump and Giuliani engaged in a

concerted campaign to misinform their supporters and the public, encouraging and promoting

intimidation and violence in furtherance of their common plan to promote the re-election of

Defendant Trump, even after the states had certified election results decisively showing he lost

the election, and to disrupt the legally required process before Congress to supervise the counting

of the Electoral College ballots and certify the results of that count.

137. As a result, Defendant Trump acted beyond the outer perimeter of his official

duties and therefore is susceptible to suit in his personal capacity.

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138. The activities alleged above were undertaken by all Defendants as co-conspirators

for the purpose of seeking to prevent Plaintiff Thompson and other members of Congress from

certifying that former Vice President Biden won the presidential election.

139. As a result of the acts set out in the above paragraphs committed in furtherance of

this conspiracy, Plaintiff Thompson was hindered and impeded in the discharge of his official

duties and suffered the deprivation of his right to be free from intimidation and threats in the

discharge of his official duties, as explicitly protected under Ku Klux Klan Act. During the time

when the Capitol was under attack, Plaintiff Thompson suffered emotional distress.

140. As a result, Plaintiff Thompson seeks an award of compensatory damages.

141. As the unlawful actions taken by the Defendants were malicious and in reckless

disregard of federally protected rights, Plaintiff Thompson seeks an award of punitive damages

to punish the Defendants for engaging in a concerted and continuing course of unlawful conduct

and to deter the Defendants and others from engaging in similar unlawful conduct in the future.

PRAYER FOR RELIEF

Wherefore, Plaintiff respectfully requests an award of the following relief:

A. A declaratory judgment that the actions described herein constitute a violation of

42 U.S.C. § 1985(1);

B. Injunctive relief enjoining Defendants from engaging in future violations of 42

U.S.C. § 1985(1);

C. Compensatory in an amount to be determined at trial;

D. Punitive damages in an amount to be determined at trial;

E. An award of costs and reasonable attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988;

F. Such other relief as the Court deems necessary and just.

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Dated: February 16, 2021

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Janette Louard

Janette Louard (pro hac vice motion to be

filed)

Anthony P. Ashton, Bar No. MD0096

NAACP

Office of General Counsel

4805 Mount Hope Drive

Baltimore, MD 21215

Telephone: (410) 580-5777

jlouard@naacpnet.org

aashton@naacpnet.org

/s/ Joseph M. Sellers

Joseph M. Sellers, Bar No. 318410

Brian Corman, Bar No. 1008635

Alison S. Deich, Bar No. 1572878 (application

for admission to be filed)

COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC

1100 New York Avenue, N.W. Suite 500, East

Tower Washington, DC 20005

Telephone: (202) 408-4600

Facsimile: (202) 408-4699

jsellers@cohenmilstein.com

bcorman@cohenmilstein.com

adeich@cohenmilstein.com

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