Thompson, the Democratic chair of the House's homeland security committee, could be joined by other members of Congress, lawyers said. A Trump adviser, Jason Miller, said in a statement Tuesday that Trump did not organize the rally that preceded the riot and "did not incite or conspire to incite any violence at the Capitol on Jan. Riot a 'foreseeable culmination,' suit allegesThe suit traces the drawn-out effort by Trump and Giuliani to cast doubt on the election results even though courts across the country, and state election officials, repeatedly rejected their baseless allegations of fraud. That process was temporarily interrupted when Trump loyalists broke into the Capitol. Trump told supporters at a rally preceding the riot to "fight like hell," but lawyers for the former president adamantly denied during the impeachment trial that he had incited the riot.

Source: CBC News February 16, 2021 16:35 UTC