Proud Boys and Oath Keepers sued over Capitol attack

Be prepared to spend money to defend yourself because we are coming after you,' DC delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton says

The District of Columbia has filed a civil lawsuit seeking harsh financial penalties against far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over their role in the 6 January insurrection at the Capitol by extremist supporters of then president Donald Trump, calling the attack a coordinated act of domestic terrorism".

The suit, filed on Tuesday in federal court in Washington, also names dozens of the groups' senior members, many of whom already face criminal charges for taking part in the violent attack on the Capitol building while Congress was meeting to certify Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.