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A Capitol Police officer filed a new civil lawsuit against Donald Trump on Jan. 4, 2022, adding another legal challenge tied to the attack on the U.S. Capitol and putting the former president back at the center of a case built around Jan. 6. The plaintiff, Marcus J. Moore, says Trump’s conduct helped spur the mob that stormed the building and left officers confronting the violence inside and around the Capitol. The complaint seeks damages for alleged physical and emotional injuries. ([documentcloud.org](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21173440-complaint-moore-v-trump/?utm_source=openai))

Moore is identified in the complaint and contemporaneous coverage as a U.S. Capitol Police officer who was on duty during the breach. According to the filing, he was among the officers tasked with defending the House chamber area once rioters got inside the building. The suit is one of several civil cases brought by law enforcement officers after the attack, and it adds to the broader effort to test whether Trump can be held liable in civil court for the events he helped set in motion with his election-fraud claims and his Jan. 6 speech. ([documentcloud.org](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21173440-complaint-moore-v-trump/?utm_source=openai))

The complaint lands two days before the first anniversary of the riot on Jan. 6, 2022, making the filing part of a week when the attack was already certain to be back in public view. That timing matters less for symbolism than for the record it creates: the court file keeps the focus on the officers who say they were harmed and on the question of whether Trump’s words and actions before and during the assault can support civil liability. The case does not decide that question. It does, however, keep it alive in a federal courtroom while Trump continues to face related litigation over Jan. 6. ([documentcloud.org](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21173440-complaint-moore-v-trump/?utm_source=openai))

What makes Moore’s suit notable is not drama for its own sake. It is the plain fact that an officer who says he was there is asking a judge to assign responsibility for the injuries he says he suffered. That is a narrower and more concrete claim than the political argument over Jan. 6, and it is one more reminder that the attack has not faded into history. It remains an active legal fight, with Trump still a defendant and the consequences of the riot still being argued in court. ([documentcloud.org](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21173440-complaint-moore-v-trump/?utm_source=openai))