A federal jury in Texas on Monday cleared a group of Donald Trump supporters and found one driver liable in a civil trial over a so-called "Trump Train" that days before the 2020 election. The two-week trial in a federal courthouse in Austin centered on whether the actions of the "Trump Train" participants amounted to political intimidation. Among those aboard the bus was former Democratic lawmaker Wendy Davis, who testified she feared for her life while a convoy of Trump supporters boxed in the bus along Interstate 35, the reports.
The jury awarded $10,000 to the bus driver. The jury found a San Antonio man who helped organize the convoy liable for $40,000 in damages and cleared the other five defendants, the reports. No criminal charges were filed against the Trump supporters who were sued by Davis and two others aboard the bus.
Civil rights advocates hoped a verdict would send a clear message about what constitutes political violence and intimidation..
