Texas Jury Contemplates: Did ‘Trump Train’ Convoy Infringe Historic KKK Act?
San Marcos, Texas — A Texas jury was set to deliberate Wednesday if participants in a “Trump Train” motorcade violated federal law during a 2020 incident involving a Biden campaign bus. The charged confrontation has thrust the little-known Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 into the spotlight, a law originally designed to combat political violence and intimidation by white supremacists. The law, now being invoked, aims to hold accountable those who allegedly attempt to interfere with federal rights, notably the right to vote or campaign free from interference and violence. The plaintiffs in this case—the … Read more