Trump sued for wrongful death of U.S. Capitol Police officer | 24CA News

The property of a U.S. Capitol Police officer who died a day after the Jan. 6, 2021, riots sued former president Donald Trump for wrongful loss of life on Thursday, claiming that he incited his supporters to commit violence that day.

The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington in opposition to Trump on behalf of the property of Officer Brian Sicknick, who died at age 42 from a collection of strokes on Jan. 7.

Trump “intentionally riled up the crowd and directed and encouraged a mob to attack the U.S. Capitol and attack those who opposed them,” Sicknick’s property claims within the court docket papers.

“The violence that followed, and the injuries that violence caused, including the injuries sustained by Officer Sicknick and his eventual death, were reasonable and foreseeable consequences,” the lawsuit alleges.

A health worker stated that Sicknick had not suffered any accidents through the assault on the U.S. Capitol, the place lawmakers had been certifying outcomes of the presidential election, ruling that Sicknick’s loss of life was resulting from pure causes, however stated the violent occasions of Jan. 6 possible “played a role in his condition.”

A spokeswoman for Trump couldn’t be reached for touch upon Thursday night.

In addition to wrongful loss of life, the lawsuit accuses Trump of violating Sicknick’s civil rights, assault and negligence. The property seeks $10 million US in damages. Two Jan. 6 protesters had been additionally named within the grievance.

A Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives panel probing the occasions of Jan. 6 requested federal prosecutors in December to cost Trump with obstruction and rebellion.

The committee’s request to the U.S. Department of Justice marked the primary time that Congress referred a former president for legal prosecution.