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Former President Donald Trump is facing a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the girlfriend of U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who a medical examiner said died of natural causes a day after the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Sicknick’s girlfriend Sandra Garza is seeking at least $10 million in damages from Trump and from each of the two men charged in connection with the Jan. 6 incident. “The horrific events of January 6, 2021, including Officer Sicknick’s tragic, wrongful death, were a direct and foreseeable consequence of Defendants’ unlawful actions,” reads the complaint (pdf), which was filed on Jan. 5...

WASHINGTON -- Amid all the division in Washington, Friday marks two years since the deadly January 6 siege on Capitol Hill. There is a new lawsuit from the estate of a Capitol police officer who died during the attack. It was filed by the family of Officer Brian Sicknick, who was from New Jersey. The lawsuit accuses former President Donald Trump of being responsible for Sicknick's death. It also names two men who were charged with assaulting him with a chemical spray. The suit is seeking over $10 million in damages.