It seems that the former US President Donald Trump’s woes are far from being over. On Saturday Trump was acquitted of inciting the January 6 Capitol riots. Although, the former president was once again acquitted by the Senate on the charges of ‘Incitement of Insurrection’, it was a historic rebuke of a president by his own party as seven Republican senators joined Democrats to convict Trump.
Now a senior Democratic Congressman sued former president Donald Trump on Tuesday, accusing him of violating the 19th century ‘Ku Klux Klan Act’ by supporting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Bennie Thompson accused Trump, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and extremist groups the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers of violating the 1871 act by supporting efforts to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden as the new US president.
What is the Ku Klux Klan Act?
The 14th amendment to the US Constitution in 1868, granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the US, including…