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A federal judge on Friday rejected former President Trump's bid to dismiss a lawsuit from a group of Congress members and Capitol police officers who are trying to hold him and Rudy Giuliani accountable for the Capitol riots.

The judge wrote that Trump entered a "tacit agreement" with Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and other rioters by sending them to the Capitol during the certification of the 2020 election.

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  • Mehta said that it was plausible that the President wanted to disrupt the efforts to certify the Electoral College votes.

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  • The President's January 6 rally speech can be seen as a call for collective action. We will stop the steal, we will never concede, and we will not take it anymore.

  • Mehta said that a tacit agreement involving the President is made all the more plausible by his response to the violence that erupted at Capitol building.

Mehta's decision leaves Trump's inner circle vulnerable to another flurry of deposition subpoenas and document demands.

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