Former President Donald Trump is now retaining legal counsel to defend him in a lawsuit filed against him by Capitol police officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby.
The Daily Beast reports that Trump is retaining attorney Jesse Binnall, who is also representing the former president against a civil suit filed by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), in the suit filed by the Capitol officers.
The lawsuit filed by the two officers directly blames Trump for actions that “inflamed, encouraged, incited, directed, and aided and abetted” an angry mob that stormed the United States Capitol building and left five people dead. Continue reading.