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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington

Trial begins in alleged ‘Trump Train’ ambush of Biden-Harris bus in 2020

Trump supporters in vehicles pursuing a Biden-Harris campaign bus in Texas on 30 October 2020.
Trump supporters in vehicles pursuing a Biden-Harris campaign bus in Texas on 30 October 2020. Photograph: Obtained by The Guardian

A jury trial opening in Austin, Texas, on Monday will seek to hold Trump supporters accountable for allegedly ambushing a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris campaign bus on the state’s main highway in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit allege they were terrorised and intimidated for more than 90 minutes as they took a bus tour canvassing for the Democratic ticket in the final days of the election.

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