Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: The longtime partner of a US Capitol Police officer who died a day after the Capitol riots of January 6, 2021 has sued former US President Donald Trump and two rioters, arguing that his death was a “direct and foreseeable consequence” of their roles in the mob violence that day.
The lawsuit filed in the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia just before the second anniversary of the attack says that the ex-president “intentionally riled up the crowd” that attacked Brian Sicknick.
The Washington medical examiner said that Sicknick had died from natural causes, having suffered multiple strokes that occurred hours after he engaged with the mob. However, the examiner also noted that “all that transpired played a role in his condition,” and the Capitol Police consider his death a “line of duty” fatality.
Police have increased security on Capitol grounds on the second anniversary of the capitol attack.
Hundreds have been convicted so far, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says more are still on the loose.
Officials: Over 300 of those involved in Capitol attack not even identified yet
According to the federal police over 300 people who committed violent acts that day have not been identified yet. These also include an individual responsible for planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national committees the night before the riots. On Wednesday, the FBI offered a reward worth $500,000 for any information leading to that suspect’s arrest.
On January 6, 2021, following then-US President Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 presidential poll, a mob of his supporters attacked the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
The protestors sought to keep Trump in power by preventing a joint session of Congress from counting the electoral college votes to formalize the victory of Biden.
According to the House select committee probing the incident, the attack was the culmination of a seven-part plan by Trump to overturn the election.
The incident resulted in five people losing their lives who died either shortly before, during, or following the event.
