The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president. Marc Elias, who successfully beat the former president’s lawyers in court over 60 times, told me, “It is great to see the NAACP and Congressman Thompson suing Trump. It was a breach of his oath and failure to perform his duties, landing him in a second impeachment trial. The former president may be forced to testify under penalty of perjury (unless he invokes his Fifth Amendment rights). Early on Jan. 6, The Post's Kate Woodsome saw signs of violence hours before thousands of former president Donald Trump loyalists besieged the Capitol.

Source: Washington Post February 17, 2021 12:45 UTC