Jury deliberations begin in civil trial over 'Trump Train' encounter with Biden-Harris bus in Texas

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6. This IS a federal trial (civil)

Near the bottom of the OP article -

The trial began with plaintiffs’ attorneys saying that organizers targeted the bus in a calculated attack to intimidate the Democrats, arguing that it violated the “Ku Klux Klan Act,” an 1871 federal law that bans political violence and intimidation.

The City of San Marcos settled a separate lawsuit filed by the same three Democrats against the police, agreeing to pay $175,000 and mandate political violence training for law enforcement.

And from here - https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/trump-train-texas-trial-begins/

Judge Robert Pitman, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, is set to preside over the trial. He denied the defendants' pretrial motion for a summary judgment in their favor, ruling last month that the KKK Act prohibits the physical intimidation of people traveling to political rallies, even when racial bias isn't a factor.