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Mississippi representative Bennie Thompson is claiming that a member of a far-right group has tried to get in touch with him....

The lawsuit linking Donald Trump and others to the Capitol insurrection filed by the NAACP and Rep. Bennie Thompson uses the 150-year-old Ku Klux Klan Act as its basis. Rep. Thompson joins Jonathan Capehart to explain why he believes this legal action is ...

Derrick Johnson, the President and CEO of the NAACP, spoke with NBC's Joshua Johnson about the lawsuit his organization filed this week, along with Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson, against former President Donald Trump. The lawsuit alleges Tru...

Congressman Bennie Thompson, the Democratic lawmaker who is partnering with the NAACP in a lawsuit against former President Trump and Rudy Giuliani, says he is looking forward to his day in court. ......

Congressman Bennie Thompson and NAACP President Derrick Johnson talk to CBSN about their legal case over the Capitol riot....

Because there is no such thing as too much legal trouble for Donald Trump and his cronies, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) is suing him for inciting the insurrection on January 6, 2021. Rudy Giuliani, The Proud Boys, and The Oath Keepers are also named as def...

Congressman Bennie Thompson and NAACP President Derrick Johnson talk to CBSN about their legal case over the Capitol riot....

A top Democratic congressman filed a lawsuit in federal court against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday over Trump's alleged role in the deadly violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. What are the details? Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairm...

A top Democratic congressman filed a lawsuit in federal court against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday over Trump's alleged role in the deadly violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. What are the details? Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairm...

US Representative Bennie Thompson on Tuesday accused former US president Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit of inciting the storming of the US Capitol, and conspiring with his lawyer and groups to try to prevent the US Congress from certifying the results ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and the NAACP filed a lawsuit Tuesday against former President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, accusing them of conspiring with two ext ....

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) tells CNN's Chris Cuomo why he is employing the post-Civil War Ku Klux Klan Act as part of the lawsuit filed against former President Trump, Rudy Giuliani and others following the riot at the Capitol....

US Representative for Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District Bennie Thompson has sued Former President Donald Trump and attorney Rudy Giuliani....

Ex-US President Donald Trump and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani have been accused of conspiring to incite the US Capitol riot in a lawsuit filed by Democrat....

The NAACP and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) on Tuesday sued former US President Donald Trump in connection with the January 6 riots on the US Capitol, The Hill reports. The lawsuit alleges that Trump incited the Capitol riot in violation of a Recons...

NAACP and Rep. Bennie Thompson allege Trump incited Capitol riots in violation of "Ku Klux Klan Act"....

The NAACP, alongside Rep. Bennie Thompson, filed a lawsuit against former President Trump and lawyer Rudy Giuliani, among others, on Tuesday....

The lawsuit from Mississippi's Rep. Bennie Thompson is part of an expected wave of litigation over the Jan. 6 riot....

The lawsuit from Democratic Representative Bennie Thompson is part of an expected wave of litigation over the Jan. 6 attack and is believed to be the first filed by a member of Congress....

WASHINGTON, Feb 17 — A senior Democratic congressman sued former president Donald Trump Tuesday, accusing him of violating the 19th century "Ku Klux Klan Act" by supporting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Bennie Thompson accused Trum...

The lawsuit from Democratic Representative Bennie Thompson is part of an expected wave of litigation over the January 6 riot and is believed to be the first filed by a member of Congress....

Contributor to The Grio Jason Johnson and former U.S. attorney Chuck Rosenberg discuss the lawsuit filed by the NAACP and Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) contending that Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani violated the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act and how they cou...

On behalf of Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the NAACP has filed a suit against former President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, along with extremist groups the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, for their roles in the Capitol Hill riot. The suit al...

The lawsuit from Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson alleged Trump conspired with far-right groups to try to prevent the Senate from certifying election results....

In one of what is expected to be many lawsuits over the deadly riot, Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson accused Trump on Tuesday of conspiring with far-right extremist groups that were involved in storming the Capitol....

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., has filed a lawsuit with the NAACP against former President Trump and Rudy Giuliani for their role in inciting the Capitol riot....

During the riot, Rep. Bennie Thompson...

Lawsuit brought on by Bennie Thompson and NAACP argues ex-president and lawyer violated law known as Ku Klux Klan Act...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Homeland Security chairman has sued Donald Trump, accusing him of inciting the deadly insurrection at the Capitol. Democrat Bennie Thompson alleges that Trump conspired with members of far-right extremist groups to try to...

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against former President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and two right-wing groups accusing them of conspiring to incite violence in the Jan. 6 riot....

Bennie Thompson filed a federal lawsuit against former President Trump for his alleged role in inciting a riot at the Capitol on January 6th....

The NAACP, Rep. Bennie Thompson, and a leading civil rights law firm on Tuesday sued former President Donald Trump, his attorney Rudy Giuliani, and right-wing groups for allegedly conspiring to incite last month's deadly attack on the United States Ca...

The lawsuit from Mississippi's Rep. Bennie Thompson is part of an expected wave of litigation over the Jan. 6 riot and is believed to be the first filed by a member of Congress....

The lawsuit from Mississippi'';s Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, is part of an expected wave of litigation over the Jan. 6 riot and is believed to be the first filed by a member of Congress. It seeks unspeci...

The NAACP and Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., have filed a lawsuit against former President Trump and Rudy Giuliani over the role they planned in inciting the Capitol riot on January 6. NBC's Leigh Ann Caldwell has details....

The NAACP, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, and civil rights law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll figure if Republicans won't let their ovaries hang and impeach the voice of the insurrection, then they will just have to sue his ass and his supporte...

The Democratic chairman of the House Homeland Security committee accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit on Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and of conspiring with his lawyer and extremist groups to try to prevent Congress...

Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson is suing former President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, plus pro-Trump groups including the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, for allegedly inciting the January 6 riot at the Capitol....

A Democratic congressman files a lawsuit under the rarely used KKK Act accusing former president Donald Trump and lawyer Rudy Giuliani of conspiring to incite the violent riot that shook the US Capitol on January 6....

Rep. Bennie Thompson filed a civil lawsuit that accuses former President Trump, Rudy Giuliani as well as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers of conspiring to incite the violece at the Capitol....

Donald Trump faces yet another legal battle.Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., federal court accusing the former president and others of conspiring to incite the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol....

A Democratic congressman accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit on Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol....

The lawsuit alleges Trump and others...

The lawsuit from Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson alleged Trump conspired with far-right groups to try to prevent the Senate from certifying election results....

The lawsuit alleges that former President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani violated the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act by inciting the attack on the Capitol....

The NAACP filed the lawsuit on behalf of Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson against Donald Trump and Rudy Guiliani....

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and the NAACP filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday against former President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, accusing them of conspiring with two extremist groups to block the presidential vote count by storming the U.S. Capitol....

Thompson's lawsuit also names Rudy Giuliani, Proud Boys International, and the Oath Keepers as defendants....

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., on Tuesday filed a civil lawsuit against former President Trump, accusing him of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot and conspiring with attorney Rudy Giuliani and extremist groups to stop Congress from certifying Presid...