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President Trump greets supporters at the "Stop The Steal Rally" on Jan. 6 in Washington, D.C., before the Capitol riots. Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesThe NAACP Tuesday against former President Trump and far-right extremist groups in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riots that killed five people and injured dozens of officers. Why it matters: The federal lawsuit filed on behalf of House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) shows that Trump continues to face legal problems stemming from the riot, even after in his Senate impeachment trial Saturday.Details: The lawsuit — filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., by the NAACP and civil rights law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers &amp; Toll&nbsp;— accuses Trump, his attorney Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys, and the Oath Keepers of conspiring to incite a riot at the Capitol with the goal of preventing Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election.The 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act allowed President to impose heavy penalties against terrorist organizations, and use military force to suppress the Ku Klux Klan after the Civil War.What they're saying: "The insurrection and coup attempt was really motivated by white supremacist behavior and domestic terrorists. The NAACP thinks it's important for us to pursue a course of action on behalf of members of Congress," NAACP president Derrick Johnson told Axios.Don't forget: Some of the insurrection participants wore racist and anti-Semitic clothing, and called for then-Vice President Mike Pence to be lynched.The other side: "President Trump has been acquitted in the Democrats' latest impeachment witch hunt, and the facts are irrefutable. President Trump did not plan, produce or organize the Jan. 6th rally on the Ellipse. President Trump did not incite or conspire to incite any violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6th," Trump adviser Jason Miller said in a statement.Between the lines: In addition to lawsuits, Trump could face criminal charges in Georgia. The North Carolina Republican Party announced Monday night that its members had voted unanimously to censure Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) for finding former President Trump the Jan. 6 Capitol siege.The big picture: Most of the House Republicans who in January have been censured. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), an avid Trump supporter who voted to acquit the former president during his second impeachment trial, joined lawmakers' calls for a 9/11-style commission into the Jan. 6 Capitol siege while on "Fox News Sunday." Why it matters: Momentum has been for a bipartisan commission to investigate the lethal attack on the Capitol, and is one of the last ways Congress could attempt to hold Trump accountable for the violence, the . Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said to House Democrats Monday an independent "9/11-type Commission" will be set up to investigate the Jan. 6 .Why it matters: Calls for a bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly attack have grown in recent weeks, and escalated since former President Trump Saturday of charges of high crimes and misdemeanors.

President Trump greets supporters at the "Stop The Steal Rally" on Jan. 6 in Washington, D.C., before the Capitol riots. Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesThe NAACP Tuesday against former President Trump and far-right extremist groups in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riots that killed five people and injured dozens of officers. Why it matters: The federal lawsuit filed on behalf of House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) shows that Trump continues to face legal problems stemming from the riot, even after in his Senate impeachment trial Saturday.Details: The lawsuit...

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