Did Eric Swalwell offer vindication for Donald Trump with his lawsuit? | TheHill
Swalwell s complaint against Trump along with son Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, and Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) alleges nine counts for relief, from negligent emotional distress suffered by Swalwell to negligence in the incitement to riot. One might think this would be a lead-pipe cinch of a case. After all, an array of legal experts has insisted for months that this was clear criminal incitement, not an exercise of free speech. As a civil lawsuit, it should be even easier to win, since the standard of proof is lower for civil cases.
Yet for more than four years, many of these same experts claimed a long list of clear crimes by Trump that were never prosecuted or used as a basis for impeachment. Likewise, despite similar claims of criminal incitement, roughly three months have passed without a criminal charge against Trump. District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine insisted weeks ago that Trump s alleged crime would be investigated.
ADVERTISEMENTBut any such prosecution likely would collapse at trial or on appeal, and people like Racine are not eager to prove Trump s case by reversal. Enter Swalwell, who has long exhibited a willingness to rush in where wiser Democrats fear to tread, with what may be his costliest misstep yet.
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