Evidence shows that all three named figures did in fact face civil and/or criminal legal actions tied to their conduct around efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the events of January 6.

Donald Trump
• Civil: Beginning February 16, 2021, Rep. Bennie Thompson and other members of Congress, represented by the NAACP, sued Trump under the Ku Klux Klan Act, alleging a conspiracy with Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to incite the January 6 attack and prevent Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote. (cnbc.com)
• Additional civil suits by members of Congress and Capitol Police officers likewise accuse Trump of inciting or inflaming the mob that attacked the Capitol. (newsweek.com)
• Criminal: On August 1, 2023, a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted Trump on four counts (including conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction of an official proceeding) for his conduct after the 2020 election “through the January 6 Capitol attack.” (en.wikipedia.org) Although this and related prosecutions were later halted or dismissed after his reelection, he nonetheless faced those criminal charges.

Rudy Giuliani
• Civil: The same NAACP/Thompson lawsuit named Giuliani alongside Trump, alleging they conspired to incite the Capitol riot in violation of the Ku Klux Klan Act. (cnbc.com)
• Rep. Eric Swalwell separately sued Trump, Giuliani, Donald Trump Jr., and Rep. Mo Brooks in March 2021, again under the Ku Klux Klan Act and D.C. law, claiming they incited the January 6 attack and aided and abetted the violence. (en.wikipedia.org)
• Criminal: Giuliani was later indicted as a co‑defendant with Trump in Georgia’s 2023 racketeering case over efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, part of the same post‑election scheme that culminated in January 6. The indictment was ultimately dismissed in 2025, but he still faced those criminal charges. (en.wikipedia.org)

Donald Trump Jr.
• Civil: Swalwell’s March 5, 2021 lawsuit expressly named Donald Trump Jr. as a defendant, alleging that Trump, Trump Jr., Giuliani, and Brooks violated the Ku Klux Klan Act and D.C. laws by inciting the January 6 riot and conspiring to prevent Congress from certifying the election. (en.wikipedia.org) Judge Amit Mehta later dismissed the claims against Trump Jr., but the fact remains that he was sued and had to defend against civil claims tied to alleged January 6 incitement. (cbsnews.com)

Because, in the months and years after January 2021, Trump, Giuliani, and Trump Jr. each became defendants in civil actions explicitly alleging they helped incite or conspire to incite the January 6 attack—and Trump (and Giuliani in Georgia) also faced related criminal indictments—the prediction that “the people who really incited this … are going to face some amount of civil and criminal charges” is best characterized as right.