As for the suit against Griffin, Mathew first found that Jan. 6 met all the definitions of an insurrection in that it was an “(1) assemblage of persons, (2) acting to prevent the execution of one or more federal laws, (3) for a public purpose, (4) through the use of violence, force, or intimidation by numbers.” And he noted that during the trial that followed Trump’s second impeachment trial, one of his own lawyers candidly described Jan. 6 as a “violent insurrection.”
This powerful passage from Mathew’s ruling is key: “The mob ultimately achieved what even the Confederates never did during the Civil War: They breached the Capitol building and seized the Capitol grounds, forcing the Vice President and Congress to halt their constitutional duties and flee to more secure locations.”
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This powerful passage from Mathew’s ruling is key: “The mob ultimately achieved what even the Confederates never did during the Civil War: They breached the Capitol building and seized the Capitol grounds, forcing the Vice President and Congress to halt their constitutional duties and flee to more secure locations.”
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A judge ruled that being convicted of a Jan.-6 crime is not necessary to prove one engaged in insurrection.
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