Ohio man sentenced to nearly 5 years for attacks on police during Capitol riot

This is absolute theory craft I'm about to write, but I've been considering the implications of this for a while.

So there are thousands of insurrectionists that are now found guilty of J6. I've been wondering about alternative litigate approaches; could not they represent themselves as a class and sue Trump for injury, in that they did what they were told to do at his behest as the commander in chief, as such, he is responsible for the damages they've incurred by being found guilty of insurrection. Effectively, they would have to admit guilt, but they basically already have. They could pursue Trump for damages for their following of his orders (I'm thinking civil here, IE, lost wages due to prison time, lawyers fees, etc..).

Its a wild idea, but it could corner Trump in a way he's almost assuredly not expecting, because the insurrectionists would effectively be confirming the allegations being made in courts across the country; that Trump incited the insurrection, and was its defacto leader.

Defense attorneys’ job is to zealously defend their client. They say what they can, and have to, say. The state has the job of finding justice. The state fucks up a lot, and they fuck over people on trial a lot. That’s the system we have. Could it be improved? Oh yeah. But the vast majority of that improvement is on the state’s side.