He argued he should have immunity in the suit filed against him, former President Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Rudy Giuliani. Brooks said he was acting as a government employee when he spoke at a rally before the insurrection.
Eine Doppelfunktionskombination aus Bug-Zapper und Campinglaterne. Sie beleuchten Ihre Terrasse oder Ihr Deck, während Sie stechende Mücken abwehren.Jake Ellzey won a special a runoff election for a U.S. House Seat in Texas on Tuesday night, per AP.Why it matters: To win the seat, Ellzey defeated Susan Wright, widow of Rep. Ron Wright. She was backed by former President Trump, whose endorsements have often boosted Republican candidates' chances of winning elections.
What they're saying: Navy veteran Ellzey told supporters after his win that Texans were looking for a ReThe highest ranking Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly said Tuesday that he didn't know what a forensic audit of the state's 2020 presidential election results would prove, saying two other ongoing investigations were sufficient while disagreeing publicly with a GOP colleague who called for yet another, broader probe.
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Justice Department Won’t Defend GOP Lawmaker Mo Brooks in Lawsuit Over Jan. 6 RiotThe department says that the speech made by Rep. Mo Brooks (R., Ala.) ahead of the storming of the Capitol wasn’t made in his official capacity as a congressman.
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Justice Department declines to defend Rep. Mo Brooks against Jan. 6 incitement lawsuitThe Justice Department and the House of Representatives declined to represent Rep. Mo Brooks in a lawsuit that accuses him of helping to incite the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
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DOJ says GOP Rep. Mo Brooks was not acting in official capacity in Capitol riot lawsuitRep. Brooks sought to invoke the Westfall Act, which provides that federal officials cannot be sued for what they do in their official capacity. But the Dept. of Justice said that there was nothing official about the rally because it was a campaign event.
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Role of Trump era corruption pondered in delay of arrest of Trump friend BarrackRachel Maddow considers the possibility that a delay in the indictment of Donald Trump friend and inauguration committee chair Tom Barrack, as reported by CNN, could be part of an apparent pattern of corrupt deference to Trump associates by the Department of Justice in the Trump era, or perhaps a stall to wait out Trump's pardon power.
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