The partner of a police officer who died following the US Capitol riot two years ago is suing former president Donald Trump.

Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was assaulted during the 6 January 2021 insurrection, when Trump supporters stormed the building, and he passed away a day later.

Washington DC’s chief medical examiner ruled in April of that year that the 42-year-old died of natural causes after suffering two strokes.

However his partner, Sandra Garza, and his estate have filed a wrongful death suit against Mr Trump and two men who were involved in assaulting him, citing comments from the examiner saying that “all that transpired” on 6 January “played a role in his condition”.

Officer Sicknick was guarding the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol when he was attacked with bear spray.

Two men, Julian Khater and George Tanios, who have been convicted in connection with the assault, were also named in the wrongful death suit.

In the legal action, Ms Garza and Mr Sicknick’s estate are seeking $10m (£8.4m) from Mr Trump, and $10m each from Khater and Tanios, claiming that the ex-president “intentionally riled up the crowd and directed and encouraged a mob to attack the US Capitol and attack those who opposed them”.

The lawsuit states that Mr Trump’s supporters believed his statement “be there, will be wild” was a call for violence.

Read more: How the storming of the Capitol unfolded

It was that day, two years ago, that Congress was meeting to formally count the electoral college votes and confirm Joe Biden had won the election, which Mr Trump refused to accept.

The lawsuit alleges that Mr Trump “put down his final marker” by falsely claiming vice president Mike Pence could halt that vote and whipped up the mob with his rhetoric before ordering them to march on Capitol Hill.

Mr Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer since 2008 who had previously served in the New Jersey Air National Guard, collapsed at 10pm on 6 January 2021 and died at 9.30pm the next day, the lawsuit states.

Five people died and dozens were arrested after hundreds stormed the home of US democracy two years ago following one of the most divisive presidential elections in years.

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