Article 6QYT3 Texas jury clears ‘Trump Train’ for surrounding 2020 Biden-Harris bus

Texas jury clears ‘Trump Train’ for surrounding 2020 Biden-Harris bus

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Those onboard the bus had alleged they were terrorised' for over 90 minutes and calling 911 also did not yield any help

A federal jury in Texas on Monday cleared five supporters of Donald Trump but found one driver liable in a civil trial over a so-called Trump Train" that surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus on a busy highway days before the 2020 election.

The two-week trial in a federal courthouse in Austin centered on whether the actions of the Trump Train" participants amounted to political intimidation. Among those onboard the bus was Wendy Davis, the former Democratic lawmaker, who testified she feared for her life while a convoy of Trump supporters boxed in the bus along Interstate 35.

This story was updated on September 25 to correct a headline and add more detail on the man found liable.

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