Occupants of a Biden campaign bus sued Trump supporters who followed and blocked the bus as it traveled down I-35, days before the 2020 election. The case reached a federal courtroom this week.

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‘Trump Train’ trial begins in Austin

The plaintiffs are arguing that members of the "Trump Train" broke the KKK Act, an 1871 law against coordinated intimidation and political violence.

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Lawsuit against 'Trump Train' drivers who swarmed Biden bus in 2020 goes to trial in Texas

Pro-Trump Texans have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in court to defend their 2020 interaction with Biden’s campaign bus. The post Texas ‘Trump Train’ Trial Begins With First Amendment at Forefront appeared first on Texas Scorecard.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — On a busy Texas highway days before the 2020 election, former Democratic lawmaker Wendy Davis used her phone to record the scene unfolding around their Biden-Harris campaign bus: A convoy of President Donald Trump supporters weaving close while her fellow passengers called 911 for help.
In a federal court in Austin on Monday, a jury watched the video filmed by Davis — who ran for governor in 2014 — on the first day of a civi…

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Trial Begins Over Texas ‘Trump Train’ Highway Confrontation

The trial for the ‘Trump Train’ lawsuit began in Austin, Texas, on Monday, bringing attention to a controversial incident that occurred during the 2020 presidential campaign. The lawsuit stems from an encounter on the highway near Austin, where a convoy of vehicles displaying pro-Trump signs and flags surrounded a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris campaign bus, allegedly engaging in dangerous driving behavior that terrorized the occupants on board. The oc…

‘Trump Train’ trial begins in Austin

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