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The Little-Known Lawsuit Holding Trump Accountable for Jan. 6

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The Ku Klux Klan Act was part of a series of enforcement acts passed by Congress to try to defend the gains of the Civil War .

The act was designed to address conspiracies to kill people and to violate people’s rights, says Damon Hewitt .

Hewitt: The "big lie" that precipitated the violence on Jan. 6 was a lie about an allegedly stolen election.

Law According to the Law According To Donald Trump: It's a weighty thing we did not do lightly. Accountability really matters, and we can’t let it be said that on our watch, we sat on our hands. Our clients swore an oath to uphold the law, and they cannot abide by anyone violating the law for personal gain. It weighs on us heavily because we understand that the stakes are very high.

His career is that, all the way from being sued for civil-rights violations in the 1970s to bankruptcies and so on, he plays the long game.

I think about how civil legal processes can feel less effective against somebody like that.

But I also think about the alternative, which is for him to just walk away scot-free.

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