Capitol Police officers using KKK Act to sue Trump over Jan. 6 push to unseal Jack Smith grand jury materials

Source: Law & Crime

Dec 20th, 2024, 10:49 am


Several current and former officers with the U.S. Capitol Police are asking a federal judge to give them access to grand jury materials from special counsel Jack Smith’s criminal investigation into Donald Trump as they seek to hold the president-elect personally accountable for his role in the violent riots that erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

In an application filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the eight officers asked the court to disclose certain materials obtained through the grand jury investigation for use in their lawsuit against Trump.

The requested materials are necessary because the officers say their information requests are being stonewalled. Such information includes Trump’s communications with “his non-governmental conspirators,” materials relating to the fundraising, planning, and promotion efforts from the Jan. 6, 2021, “Save America Rally,” and materials from some eyewitnesses of the Capitol attack.

The plaintiffs in the case are asking the court to release the materials because they have been unable to secure them through normal channels of discovery from multiple Trump-related organizations and individuals.

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