Civil Trial Begins Over ‘Trump Train’ Encounter With Biden Campaign Bus

AUSTIN, Texas—Attorneys for “Trump Train” supporters being sued in civil court denied accusations their clients harassed or threatened those aboard the Biden–Harris campaign bus driving on a Texas highway in 2020.  Opening statements in the U.S. Western District courtroom on Sept. 9 detailed allegations that the Trump Train defendants planned “dangerous and illegal” actions to run the campaign bus out of town. Defense attorneys countered that the case against their clients was nothing more than “lawfare” and an attempt for Democrats to silence the First Amendment rights of Trump supporters and punish their political opponents.  Plaintiff attorneys showed the jury video clips of the Trump Train—a caravan of Republican activists displaying flags on their vehicles in support of former President Donald Trump—recorded by Democrats on the bus. ...