Donald Trump Receives Subpoenas as He’s Sued for Millions Over Jan. 6 ‘Conspiracy’

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Donald Trump has received a summons in a civil lawsuit by Sandra Garza, the longtime partner of US Capitol Police (USCP) officer Brian Sicknick, who died on January 7 after suffering two strokes the day he responded in the attack on the Capitol, according to reports.

Garza, the legal representative of Sicknick’s estate, alleged that the former president’s “campaign of lies and incendiary rhetoric” about the 2020 presidential election led his supporters to storm the Capitol building in January 6, 2021, which ultimately played a “significant role in the medical condition” that caused the officer’s death.

“Several participants in the attack disclosed that they were acting on what they believed to be Defendant Trump’s direct orders in the service of their country,” the lawsuit reads.

“Trump directly instigated the violence in the Capitol that followed and then watched approvingly as the building was overrun,” it continued. “Trump did all of these things solely in his personal capacity for his personal gain and/or his own partisan goals.”

Donald Trump on a screen as his supporters cheer at a rally on the National Mall on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC He is now being sued after the events of the following day. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

The civil action, filed in Washington, DC, federal court on January 5, names Trump—who is liable in his individual capacity—along with two rioters on January 6 who attacked Sicknick on the day of the attack, Julian Khater and George Tanios.

The lawsuit alleges that Khater used a chemical spray that Tanios brought to the Capitol building on Sicknick’s face, and when the officer was incapacitated he moved on to spray other officers. Sicknick collapsed around 10 pm that same day while still in the Capitol building, and although paramedics rushed him to the hospital, he died less than 24 hours later.

Washington DC’s chief medical examiner found that Sicknick died of natural causes, but noted that “everything that happened when [January 6] has a role in his condition.”

The lawsuit filed by Garza alleges that, “through his words and conduct,” Trump “endorsed and sanctioned the violent actions of the mob that attacked the US Capitol,” along with Khater and Tanios .

“Before directing the mob to the US Capitol, Defendant Trump ordered them to ‘fight like hell’ and declared that ‘you are allowed to go to different rules’ and ‘you have to show strength,'” the 47 -state lawsuit page. “Defendant Trump intends to take these words literally.”

Khater and Tanios were arrested on March 14, 2021, for assaulting Sicknick with chemical sprays. The two rioters on January 6 were not charged with causing the officer’s death, but for assaulting police officers. Both took plea deals last year.

Garza is seeking $10 million in damages from each of the three defendants, according to the lawsuit.

A spokesperson for Trump quoted by AXIOS downplayed the impact of the lawsuit.

“President Trump has clearly and unequivocally said that Americans should ‘peacefully and patriotically have their voices heard,'” the spokesperson said in an emailed statement sent to the publication.

“President Trump is immune from frivolous attacks and remains fully committed to his mission to Make America Great.”

Tanios’ lawyer, Beth Gross, said in a statement quoted by The Guardian that “the recent civil suit naming him as a defendant goes beyond what the facts support and does not intend the actual Mr. Tanios’ behavior.”

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