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Wed Dec 15, 2021, 04:59 PM Dec 2021

(Jewish Group) ADL joins lawsuit against groups allegedly behind Jan. 6 insurrection

The Anti-Defamation League has joined the District of Columbia attorney-general in a lawsuit against two extremist groups that allegedly helped organize the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

The civil rights group and antisemitism watchdog said it helped identify defendants in the case.

A congressional panel is scrutinizing the insurrection and hundreds of participants have been charged with crimes. But the lawsuit is the first civil action addressing the Jan. 6 riot, spurred by former President Donald Trump’s false claims that he won the presidential election.

Five people died during the riot, including a Capitol Police officer, and 140 police were injured. Four officers who were present subsequently died by suicide.

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