This was probably not strictly required (under either the federal ethics bar, or US House ethics rules) — since both endeavors only seek the full truth of it. . . but the optics are better, in federal court, if the lead plaintiff is not also leading the House’s 01.06.21 Commission.

So, onward we march, to bringing these Tangerine seditionists. . . to answer, before the full majesty of the law:

. . .Defendants [conspired] 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. . . .

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. . . .”

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. . . .

Now you know. Rep. Thompson actually withdrew earlier this week, but the suit is picking up pace. As it ought to, as more and more felony defendants are sentenced, and/or pead guilty.

Smiling. . . in spite of the fact that, had law enforcement or military members joined them in large number (thank goodness they did not!). . . our experiment in democratic freedom. . . would have been nearly at an end, after 240 some years. It really is that fragile, people. so, guard it with your. . . very lives.


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