Article 5KJEF Democrats cite Ku Klux Klan Act in suits over ‘Trump Train’ Texas bus incident

Democrats cite Ku Klux Klan Act in suits over ‘Trump Train’ Texas bus incident

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Victoria Bekiempis
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Lawsuits claim Trump supporters conspired to intimidate and harass Biden-Harris campaigners

A convoy of Trump supporters that swarmed a Biden-Harris campaign bus on a Texas highway last October violated the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, which prohibits violent election intimidation, two new lawsuits allege.

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