(NewsNation) — A group of private citizens is calling for the arrests of former President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in a municipal court in Ohio, over comments they made about Haitian migrants living in Springfield.
Court documents demand arrest warrants for Trump and Vance, claiming comments made by the two Republicans about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio were criminal, according to a court filing.
The charges were filed by Guerline Jozef of The Chandra Law Firm in Cleveland, on behalf of the Haitian Bridge Alliance.
The documents — filed in Clark County Municipal Court — include criminal charges, which the law firm claims can be brought against Trump and Vance by private civilians under Ohio law.
Those listed charges include disrupting public services, making false alarms, complicity, telecommunications harassment and aggravating menacing, according to the complaint.
The law firm representing the group claims in a blog post that Ohio statute allows private citizens to file criminal changes. The law firm said that because the Clark County prosecuting attorney has not acted “to protect the community and hold Trump and Vance accountable for what they have instigated”, Jozef is asking the court to find probable cause and issue arrest warrants for both Trump and Vance.
NewsNation has reached out to the Trump-Vance campaign for comment and did not immediately hear back.
This is a developing story. NewsNation will update the story as more information becomes available.
