Capitol police officers prosecute Trump and his allies for election lies and January 6

Weeks after the election, according to the lawsuit, a key organizer of the Stop the Steal movement that promoted false allegations of electoral fraud, Ali Alexander, appeared at a rally outside the State Capitol in Georgia with the leader. of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio. “We will stop the theft,” Mr. Alexander said in the pursuit. “But first, we’re going to stop the certification.”

Mr Alexander’s attorney, Baron Coleman, has repeatedly said his client was not under investigation in connection with the riot. Mr Tarrio was not in Washington on January 6 but was sentenced this week to five months in prison for possession of illegal weapons and burning a stolen Black Lives Matter flag from a historic black church in Washington after another pro rally -Trump in December which also descended into violence.

The lawsuit mentions other steps on the way to January 6: In late November, according to the report, California-based political organizer Alan Hostetter, who believed the election was stolen, posted a video on the internet claiming that people “at the highest levels” had to be “made of an example with one run or two or three”.

Mr Hostetter, who was accused in June of plotting to storm the Capitol with members of the Three Percent Militia movement, also said in the video he would return to Washington “with a million patriots, and we will surround this city. . “

As for January 6, the costume depicts an image of Stop the Steal activists pissing off crowds of Trump supporters gathered in Washington with lies about the election, which the president then echoed in a speech near the White House. Members of the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and the Three Percent Movement, he says, led the crowd onto the pitch in the assault on Capitol Hill.

Mr. Trump, the lawsuit said, knew “the situation on Capitol Hill was dire” but did not condemn the rioters. Instead, he says, he posted a video two hours after the initial violation, repeating his lie that the election was stolen and telling the attackers he loved them.