The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D. C. , requires reimbursement of at least $75,000 to the officer of the five charges allegedly opposed to Trump, as well as punitive damages and litigation costs. and instigate attacks and attacks, deliberately cause emotional distress, and violate D. C. law that opposes incitement to insurrection and disorderly behavior.
A Trump spokesman did not respond to ABC News’ request for comment.
Officer Blassing appointed one of the “eight or nine” officers facing the troublemakers in the Capitol crypt, directly below the roundabout, according to demand.
“The insurgents threw items and beat Officer Blassingame and the other USCP officers with their fists and weapons,” the complaint says, as “an insurgent front line was pressed through waves of newly arrived insurgents. “
A “strong wave of insurgents advanced and struck Officer Blassingame opposite a stone column,” his spine and the back of his head, leaving him “unable to move,” according to demand.
“The most vital thing in Officer Blassingame’s brain is the terrifying certainty that the insurgents were interested in him and the other officials who did not return home to their families that night,” the trial says.
The trial is also similar to what Capitol police officer Harry Dunn told ABC News Supreme Court President Pierre Thomas about racial slurs that opposed serving police officers that day.
“For the first time in [Officer Blassingame’s] life, other people yelled at him, called him [word with n] several times, and attacked the crypt. He lost count of the many times the racial slur had been thrown at him. him, ” claimed the accusation.
The accusations in demand paint an ugly, violent picture and of the attacks Blassingame has suffered.
“The insurgents hit Officer Blassingame in the face, head, chest, arms and what each and every component of his body looked like,” he said. “The insurgents used their fists and had weapons ranging from flag masts to chandeliers and directional signals built. “, water bottles and other items that you may not identify. “
“Blassingame’s sole purpose is to do what he can to survive,” demand says.
Blassingame alleges that he suffered back and head injuries and “is obsessed with the reminiscence of attack and sensory effects: images, sounds, smells and even the flavors of the attack near the surface. “
The lawsuit also alleges that Blassingame “feels guilty that he cannot help his colleagues who were attacked simultaneously; and where other colleagues haven’t. “
After the attack, Blassingame “may not simply sleep,” the trial says, and suffered a “depression that perhaps he did not because he was too engrossed in the sense of proceeding to continue his professional responsibilities. “
Because he continues to paint on Capitol Hill, “he can’t make the most of the triggers of his emotional reactions,” demand says.
Officer Hemby, according to the prosecution, was “crushed opposite the east side gates seeking to contain the insurgents” and that the troublemakers “kept shouting: “Fight for Trump,” “Stop the leak” and other slogans. , as they beat him with their fists and everything they had in their hand. “
Hemby also suffered from being “sprayed with chemicals in his eyes, skin and throat,” the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit alleges that Hemby “bleeds from a cut less than an inch from the eye” and that he “had cuts and abrasions on his face and hands, and his body jammed in front of a giant steel door. “
After the attack, the prosecution alleges that “Hemby’s left hand and left knee have swelled and hurt him,” that he suffered from back-and-neck pain, and that his skin was burned for being “sprayed with chemicals on his face and body. “Aerosols. “
Hemby claims in the lawsuit that he now suffers from sleep disorders.
The lawsuit cites a litany of Tweets and public statements from Trump before the attack, adding his call to a “wild” protest on January 6 and his promotion of the “unfounded concept that Vice President Mike Pence can simply reject the one-handed election. “result based on false statements that some states sought to “decertify” or “correct” electoral effects that were not in Trump’s favor. “
The lawsuit also quotes the words of several prominent Republican lawmakers who characterize Trump’s duty of insurrection, adding Senator Mitt Romney, Rep. Liz Cheney and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, who after voting to absolve Trump of the insurgency inciting insurgency. , went to the Senate on February 13 and made transparent his confidence that Trump is guilty of the riots.
“There is no doubt, none, that President Trump is almost and morally guilty of causing the day’s events,” McConnell said. “The other people who broke into this construction believed that they were acting in accordance with the wishes and orders of their president, and this trusts a predictable result of the growing development of false statements, conspiracy theories, and reckless hyperbole that the defeated president kept shouting. Megaphone on planet Earth. “
What McConnell said below is also cited in the lawsuit, in the sense that Trump can still be held responsible for his movements, even if he is no longer in office.
“President Trump remains guilty of everything he did while in office, as a common citizen, unless the statute of limitations has been passed, he remains guilty of everything he has done during his tenure, he has done nothing yet, so far,” McConnell said. “We have a corrupt justice formula in this country. We have civil lawsuits. And former presidents are not immune to being convicted by one or the other. “
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