Two defendants in the Texas “Trump Train” trial testified that the convoy of Donald Trump supporters that swarmed and surrounded a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris campaign bus on Interstate 35 nearly four years ago was “cool” while denying that they conspired to block or harass the tour bus.
New Braunfels pastor Steve Ceh and his wife, Randi, separately took the stand Monday as part of a lawsuit accusing the couple and four other defendants of illegally conspiring to stop the bus and its passengers from campaigning on Oct. 30, 2020. The bus occupants brought the case against the defendants under the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act, which prohibits conspiracy to inhibit political activity.
The jury trial is being held in federal court in Austin. Multiple members of Ceh’s congregation have attended parts of the trial to support the pastor, who is also the chaplain for the Comal County Republican Party.
