WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of Presid ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A Pennsylvania teacher who attended Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal" rally in Washington has sued his former school district, saying it destroyed his reputation and career by falsely linking him to the Jan.
6 Capitol insurrection.Jason Moorehead claims that Allentown School District officials were motivated by "ideological hatred" for his conservative politics when the district announced one day after the riot that one of its teachers "was involved in the electoral college protest that took place at the United States Capitol Building."Moorehead said he was nowhere near the Capitol that day.
He has never been charged with a crime.The district suspended Moorehead for six months, then ordered him to return to work. Moorehead refused, saying a return to the classroom was impossible after district officials deliberately turned the community against him in a bid to force his resignation.