I was just reading Laura Clawson’s piece on
the DC AG Karl Racine’s civil suit against the Proud Boys, using the anti-KKK law, (and
KeithDB's), and it occurred to me that the rally which kicked off the 1/6 attack was a campaign event, as opposed to an official US Government gathering.
And I thought to myself, ‘Self’, I thought, ‘mightn’t that make tfg’s campaign financially responsible for inciting the riot?’ You know, the campaign with all those long tons of cash sloshing around? The one that MAGAts and dark money have been contributing to so heavily?
Unsurprisingly, I suppose, I agreed that there may in fact be some liability ‘exposure’ for the campaign, but IANAL, so I thought that maybe I should run it by someone who would actually know these things; so I looked up DC’s Office of the Attorney General, got the contact email and sent the following:
In regards to the AG's new civil suit targeting the Proud Boys, et al; I respectfully submit that the AG should consider suing Trump's campaign as well. The rally that kicked off the 1/6 attack was a campaign event, not an official POTUS event.
Two factors make this a particularly ripe target, the lower burden of proof in a civil case, and the fact that the FEC rules allow us to know exactly how much is in the campaign coffers.
Oh, three factors, the campaign's assets are in cash.
DJT normally works hard to judgement-proof his assets by leveraging them heavily. He can't do that with campaign funds, they have to be available to pay the campaign's bills.
Couldn't some portion of those assets be frozen once a suit is filed? To make sure they remain available for a potential settlement?
Something like that could put a big dent in campaign activities. It might even discourage donations if donors thought their money might be going towards paying a settlement rather than campaigning.
Respectfully,
FarWestGirl