The longtime girlfriend of late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknickis suing former President Donald Trump and two others over claims of wrongful death and conspiracy to violate civil rights.
Officer Sicknick, according to the D.C. medical examiner, suffered two strokes and died of natural causesthe day after a riot broke out at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021.
“Before directing the mob to the U.S. Capitol, Defendant Trump instructed them to ‘fight like hell’ and declared that ‘you’re allowed to go by very different rules’ and ‘you have to show strength,’” reads the suit filed by Sicknick’s longtime girlfriend Sandra Garza and the late officer’s estate. “Defendant Trump intended these words to be taken literally.” The suit is seeking $10 million in damages, according to Axios.
The suit goes on to say Trump “intentionally riled up the crowd and directed and encouraged a mob to attack the U.S. Capitol and attack those who opposed them.”
“The violence that followed, and the injuries that violence caused, including the injuries sustained by Officer Sicknick and his eventual death, were reasonable and foreseeable consequences of Defendant Trump’s words and conduct,” the lawsuit claims.