# Bennie Thompson suing Trump and Giuliani in civil suit

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bennie-thompson-suing-trump-and-giuliani-in-civil-suit/933154>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 17, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bennie-thompson-suing-trump-and-giuliani-in-civil-suit/933154 "2021-02-17T19:00:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bennie-thompson-suing-trump-and-giuliani-in-civil-suit/933154/1 "2021-02-17T19:00:43Z")

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[Bennie Thompson: Democrat sues Donald Trump under post-Civil War era law for conspiracy to incite insurrection at Capitol - CNNPolitics](https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/16/politics/capitol-lawsuit-trump-giuliani-proud-boys-oath-keepers/index.html)

Does anyone think anything will come of this lawsuit? Is there a possibility it will enable some interesting discovery, even if unsuccessful?

I’m also curious if this is merely the vanguard of a multitude of new civil suits against the ex-President that will soon follow.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bennie-thompson-suing-trump-and-giuliani-in-civil-suit/933154/2 "2021-02-17T19:14:02Z")

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