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Case 1:21-cv-00858 Document 1 Filed 03/30/21 Page 9 of 40
25.
As before, members of far right-wing hate groups appeared at the second “Million
MAGA March,” and Trump followers clashed with D.C. police, at least eight of whom
were injured. Four people were stabbed. The police made over thirty arrests including ten
arrests for assault on a police officer, eleven arrests for simple assault, one arrest for
assault with a deadly weapon, and two arrests for possession of a prohibited weapon.
26.
Officials warned Trump that his incendiary rhetoric about the election could cause injury
or death, but he persisted. On December 1, 2020, as Trump placed increasing pressure on
Georgia election officials to overturn the state’s results which favored Joe Biden, one
official, Gabriel Sterling, gave a press conference in which he reported on death threats
made to Georgia election workers, and addressed Trump, saying, “Mr. President, you
have not condemned these actions. … This has to stop. … Stop inspiring people to
commit potential acts of violence. Someone is going to get shot, someone is going to get
killed. And it’s not right.” Despite this, Trump never condemned the threats made against
Georgia election officials, and four days before the January 6 insurrection, he implored
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger during a phone call to throw out enough
lawfully cast votes to swing the election in his favor.
27.
As his efforts with state officials and in the courts failed, Trump began to focus on
January 6, 2021, the date Congress was set to count the state-certified election results. On
December 19, 2020, Trump began promoting a January 6 rally to his followers:
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