Wednesday, a lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) alleging that his speech on January 6, 2021, played a role in the riot that occurred at the U.S. Capitol was dismissed.
In the decision, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that the allegation levied against Brooks in U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) lawsuit “do not support a plausible inference that “he was advocating… any action” or that “his words were intended to produce, and likely to produce, imminent disorder.”
In a statement hailing the court’s decision, Brooks called Swalwell a “communist sympathizer” and maintained that his January 6 speech was a call for election integrity.
“A liberal Obama-appointed federal judge agrees with me that communist-sympathizer Swalwell’s lawsuit is meritless and frivolous… I make no apologies whatsoever for fighting for accurate and honest elections,” proclaimed Brooks. “The fact that Socialist Democrats tried to ruin me demonstrates my effectiveness in the fight for honest elections and their fear of having to win/lose elections fair and square.”
The North Alabama congressman noted Swalwell’s assertion in the lawsuit which stated, “The horrific events of January 6 were a direct and foreseeable consequence of the Defendants’ unlawful actions. As such, the Defendants are responsible for the injury and destruction that followed.”
Brooks concluded in part, “[T]he fact is, I did no such thing. The only thing I asked the Save America rally crowd to do was chant ‘USA.’ Socialist Democrats and the fake news media took my words out of context and misconstrued them as they so often do. Their lies are crumbling.”
Dylan Smith is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @DylanSmithAL
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