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White Nationalist charged with assault says Trump told him to do it

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DrForester

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http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...mes-trump-campaign-rally-assault-suit-n747641

A white nationalist accused of assaulting three protesters at a Donald Trump campaign rally last year alleged the president authorized him to remove disruptive people when he said "Get 'em out of here," court papers filed Monday say.

Matthew Heimbach, of the Traditionalist Worker Party, became the second defendant named in a March 30 lawsuit alleging Trump incited the assault to use the president's own words as a defense.

"Heimbach relied on Trump's authority to order disruptive persons removed and that Trump was legally within his rights to ask other attendees to assist in defending their constitutional rights," the documents say.

If Heimbach is found liable in the suit, the documents say, Trump should indemnify him.

Another defendant, 75-year-old Alvin Bamberger, offered a similar argument in court papers filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for Western Kentucky.

Heimbach denied the charges of assault, battery and other allegations, the documents say.

Trump's lawyers sought to dismiss the March 30 suit, arguing the president didn't mean for his supporters to use force during the March 1, 2016 rally in Louisville, Kentucky.

Judge David J. Hale rejected that claim, ruling there was considerable evidence linking the protesters' injuries to Trump's actions.

The Southern Poverty Law Center describes Heimbach's Traditionalist Worker Party as "a white nationalist group that advocates for racially pure nations and communities and blames Jews for many of the world's problems."
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Brawly Likes to Brawl

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The most disturbing thing about this story is that they aren't wrong. Trump did egg his supporters on to attack protestors at his rallies. It was one of the most upsetting aspects of his campaign.
 
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Gattsu25

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CarpeDeezNutz said:
Can that be used as evidence?
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Pretty sure it was:
"Trump's lawyers sought to dismiss the March 30 suit, arguing the president didn't mean for his supporters to use force during the March 1, 2016 rally in Louisville, Kentucky.

"Judge David J. Hale rejected that claim, ruling there was considerable evidence linking the protesters' injuries to Trump's actions."​
 
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WedgeX

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Gattsu25 said:
Pretty sure it was:
"Trump's lawyers sought to dismiss the March 30 suit, arguing the president didn't mean for his supporters to use force during the March 1, 2016 rally in Louisville, Kentucky.

"Judge David J. Hale rejected that claim, ruling there was considerable evidence linking the protesters' injuries to Trump's actions."​
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Good. It was a scary turn for American politics. There are consequences for the American public when politicians say things like that.
 
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bionic77

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This guy's lawyer should have read the constitution before he filed this baseless lawsuit.

I have it on good authority that you cannot sue the President of the United States.
 
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