Man Accused Of Assaulting Protester At Trump Rally Files Lawsuit Against President

LOUISVILLE, KY — A man who has been accused in a lawsuit of assaulting a protester at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Louisville last year has filed a counter suit against the president, claiming that he would never have acted the way he did without Trump's "urging and inspiration."

Local news station WDRB in Louisville reported that the man 75-year-old Alvin Bamberger, of Ohio, filed his counterclaim Friday where he argues that Trump and his campaign “repeatedly urged people attending” the then-candidate’s rallies to “remove individuals who were voicing opposition to Trumps candidacy.”

Bamberger is one of the men named in a lawsuit filed by by two women and a man who say they were roughed up by members of the crowd at Trump's urging. The suit was brought against Bamberger, another Trump supporter Matthew Heimbach, Trump and the Trump campaign. Earlier this month, a federal judge ruled that the suit could move forward, ruling that he found ample facts supporting allegations that the protesters' injuries were a "direct and proximate result" of Trump's actions.

According to the lawsuit filed Friday, at at least one rally, Trump or his campaign promised to pay the legal fees of those who followed Trump's urgings to remove the protesters, according to WDRB.

On Friday, Trump's lawyers responded to the original lawsuit, saying that as president he is immune to such lawsuits, the Associated Press reported. The lawyers also say that the protesters waived their right to sue by buying tickets to the event and deny that Trump was urging the crowd to take action by repeatedly saying "get them out of here."

>>>Read the full WDRB story here.

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