Ahead of a likely indictment, law enforcement officials are making security plans as some of Donald J. Trump’s supporters signal that they intend to protest.
'He would be fingerprinted. He would be photographed. He could even be handcuffed.' From NYT: 'N.Y. Authorities Prepare for Unprecedented Arrest of an Ex-President.' https://t.co/7GaD886FjO
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams said officials are “monitoring comments on social media” after being asked about reports of a possible Trump indictment. Trump’s calls for protests have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters. https://t.co/f2AP53Lod3 https://t.co/yPTUM9tO9w
Former President Donald Trump’s calls for protests ahead of his anticipated indictment in New York have generated muted reactions from supporters, with even some of his most ardent loyalists dismissing the idea as a waste of time or a law enforcement trap. https://t.co/xT3BQXcZdR
Join us in the 4p ET hour on @DeadlineWH: Some Trump supporters ambivalent on calls for protests | AP News @MSNBC @NicolleDWallace https://t.co/2NLs1K4Bj8
Donald Trump’s calls for protests ahead of his anticipated indictment in New York have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters. Some of his most ardent loyalists are dismissing the idea as a waste of time or a law enforcement trap. https://t.co/6E1bLtUHM2
“The ambivalence raises questions about whether Trump still has the power to mobilize far-right supporters the way he did more than two years ago before Jan. 6.” By @etuckerAP & @Kunzelman75 https://t.co/U88eOABJGC
“But nearly two days after Trump claimed … he expected to be arrested on Tuesday and exhorted followers to protest, there were few signs his appeal had inspired his supporters to organize and rally around an event like the Jan. 6 gathering.” https://t.co/zpvg5jmOxc
Immediately after Trump predicted that his arrest was imminent, his operatives and friendly media outlets began publicly pressuring DeSantis to condemn the law enforcement officials in New York, portraying his silence on the matter as bordering on treason https://t.co/U4pkEsfSe9
Starting yesterday, Trump's team moved from broad pushes for people to push back on Alvin Bragg to some very targeted ones against Ron DeSantis, who has been silent so far https://t.co/JoACxQZid0
Trump Allies Pressure DeSantis to Weigh In on Expected Indictment w @maggieNYT https://t.co/Zq4YZUbi52
“Jason Miller, the former president’s senior adviser, said on Twitter that the Trump team was taking note of Mr. DeSantis’s ‘radio silence’ about the likely indictment.” https://t.co/EmZNKHePsP
Peter Baker's bombshell, confirming hunches many had, is huge: Reagan allies told the Iranians not to release US hostages until Carter was out of the White House. It set me to thinking of Pres. Jimmy Carter, hoping that he is at peace in his final days. https://t.co/kKw3oEsb05 https://t.co/i2OF4UD4Fm
This story made me feel ill. Imagine the world without the Reagan presidency? Imagine us not realizing his awful policies enacted and his terrible vision for our country. We were robbed. We were swindled. https://t.co/CMArwrLEme
Nixon: Sabotaged the Vietnam War peace talks to win in 1968. Reagan: Encouraged Iran to hold on to US hostages to win in 1980. Trump: Aided and abetted Putin’s covert attack on the US election to win in 2016. It’s a GOP tradition. https://t.co/nDwI6Ls6J7
Hard to overstate the importance of what this could mean. If Reagan hadn't come to office we'd have a such more robust social safety net. He gutted welfare and health care and HUD and education: https://t.co/lm9ulf18td
They went to one Middle Eastern capital after another that summer, meeting with a host of regional leaders to deliver a blunt message to be passed to Iran: Don’t release the hostages before the election. Reagan will win and give you a better deal https://t.co/ciVDQ5AiRT
L'Histoire US du dimanche matin. 1 vieux politique texan Ben Barnes, pris par le remords de la mort prochaine de #JimmyCarter, confesse être allé avec son mentor Connally retarder la libération des otages en #Iran, pour Reagan, au Moyen Orient à l'été 1980 https://t.co/K026J9Xt28
More than 40 years after Jimmy Carter lost re-election to Reagan, Ben Barnes has come forward to confirm the behind-the-scenes efforts by Republican politicos to keep American hostages interred in order to sabotage Carter’s presidency. https://t.co/tmiUKNvByI
FORTY-THREE YEARS after a Republican wins a presidential election, progressives are still digging for a basis to claim that it was stolen & many are willing to buy just about any theory to believe it. https://t.co/uOYTr7ONIi
A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election https://t.co/B9EnBvypud
“I think it’s so significant and I guess knowing that the end is near for President Carter put it on my mind more and more and more. I just feel like we’ve got to get it down some way.” Better late than never. https://t.co/fz86k8z7iD
New: Previously unreleased investigative interviews w/ police officers who responded to the Uvalde school shooting revealed they abandoned their plan to quickly confront the gunman after learning a crucial piece of information: He was armed with an AR-15. https://t.co/M6lO92Br6D
BREAKING: An investigation published today by the Texas Tribune found the police abandoned their plan to quickly confront the gunman after learning a crucial piece of information: He was armed with an AR-15. https://t.co/0EOB1KBhLZ
NEW: Uvalde first responders chose not to confront an elementary school gunman after being told an AR-15’s ammo could penetrate body armor. GOP lawmakers had said the kind of gun used in the attack made no difference. By @zachdespart at @TexasTribune. https://t.co/8E9pj3j6LQ
1/ Officers responding to the Uvalde shooting said they were afraid to immediately engage the gunman because he was using an AR-15, a Texas Tribune investigation has revealed. This drove their decision to wait over an hour for a Border Patrol SWAT team. https://t.co/mk4yrtPAE7
The investigative interviews w/ police who responded to Robb Elementary reveal their unwillingness to confront the AR-15 was a major cause of the disastrous response. In other mass shootings like Pulse & Parkland, police have also hesitated vs. this rifle. https://t.co/M6lO92Br6D
2/ In never before released body camera footage and post-action interviews, officers described realizing the gunman had an AR-15 style rifle and concluding that confronting him would be too dangerous because of its firepower. https://t.co/mk4yrtPAE7 https://t.co/yrn3YUstoU
Little scrutiny has been given to the Uvalde gunman's AR-15 — which killed most of the victims in the first 3 mins before police arrived. @zachdespart reports from new audio/vid that police wouldn't confront the gunman bc they were afraid of his weapon. https://t.co/uLHeN2JBr3
7/ The rifle has grown in popularity over the past 15 years. The number of military-style rifles, including AR-15 and AK-style, produced or imported in the U.S. went from about 74,000 in 1990 to a national high of almost 2.8 million in 2020. https://t.co/mk4yrtPAE7 https://t.co/UdLgrIft9n
“Elections are unpredictable. But it is past time to give up the idea that stoking the anger of Trump’s diehard fans is a victory unto itself.” Read @alexanderburns on why no, getting indicted isn’t the long-term boon Trump wants it to be https://t.co/b4067ixRgn
Stop overthinking it: An indictment would be bad for Trump 👇 https://t.co/UNWNVHFJJh
If his legal troubles end with Bragg, Trump may see political gain in a contested primary. But as @alexanderburns writes, there's little reason to see it as a boost in a general election head-to-head https://t.co/b4067ixRgn
"It is not likely that many Americans who are not already part of Trump’s base will be inspired to join it because they feel he is being mistreated by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg." https://t.co/X2V9ee8fU9
"His base of support is too small, his political imagination too depleted and his instinct for self-absorption too overwhelming for him to marshal a broad, lasting backlash," @alexanderburns writes: https://t.co/OUzv4IDjzj
Column: It is past time to give up the idea that stoking the anger of Trump’s diehard fans is a victory unto itself. If each scandal binds 99% of Trump's base closer to him and unsettles 1%, that's still a losing formula, writes @alexanderburns. https://t.co/HoCVr6aav9
Stop Overthinking It: An Indictment Would Be Bad For Trump Yes, the Trump diehards can be expected to rise up against Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. But that still wouldn’t earn him a single additional vote. @alexanderburns reports https://t.co/BSwCFh72Co
Math, from @alexanderburns: Trump needs to grow his support, not rev up people who already care deeply about his every utterance. It is not likely that many Americans who are not already part of Trump’s base will be inspired by his hush-money indictment. https://t.co/YxVegEvXfk
.@alexanderburns does not think Ankeny soccer moms will rally to Trump in the caucuses once they find out more about the Stormy affair https://t.co/lzngU0f6SK
NEW: As he awaits indictment in Manhattan, Trump is trying to stave off another one — in Georgia, where today his lawyer moved to suppress evidence gathered by a special grand jury. https://t.co/FSMmbSJIQ4
State courts in NY, FL and SC forced the testimony of Rudy Giuliani, Mike Flynn, Mark Meadows and others. The Supreme Court also cleared the way for Lindsey Graham to testify after he challenged the process in federal court. https://t.co/FSMmbSJIQ4
Findling argues that the special grand jury was a civil proceeding and therefore efforts to compel out-of-state witnesses to appear (which requires a criminal process) were improper. But many states rejected that argument, requiring witnesses to appear. https://t.co/FSMmbSJIQ4
Gonna enjoy marinating in Trump desperation! "Trump’s attorney urged a state court in Georgia to prohibit an Atlanta-area district attorney there from filing charges related to the former president’s bid to subvert the 2020 election." https://t.co/q21Oj9uKyA
Trump seeks to stave off another indictment — this time in Georgia https://t.co/HHj8YPwtL6 via @politico
New: explanation and analysis of specific criminal laws at issue in each of the four Trump investigations - what are the criminal statutes, what would prosecutors need to prove to get convictions, and how does that map onto the known facts https://t.co/BT3CIdXixC
“I’ll pray for him though!” ☠️ https://t.co/ZKaju1LOJG https://t.co/ZzBWiP0RgL
Re timing, there’s at least one more witness expected early next week before the grand jury https://t.co/EcY0wrg4vl
Two years after he incited an insurrection on January 6, Trump is once again promoting political violence for his own ends. Donald Trump is a national security threat. https://t.co/G2HEXQaKZn
Trump spox statement confirms Trump doesn't know when an arrest might happen if an indictment is handed up. But he took to social media to declare that he did and to call for his supporters to protest and "take back" the country. https://t.co/EcY0wrg4vl
Some additional reporting from my colleagues at The NYT that serves as a reminder of how fluid this story is. At least one more witness is expected to testify in front of the grand jury, which could delay an indictment. https://t.co/8sc64O9nyD
I’ll join @AlexWitt at 1p ET: Trump Says He Will Be Arrested on Tuesday as Indictment Looms - The New York Times @MSNBC https://t.co/XurBkv3HR4
Good report by NYT starting with headline. It rightly draws the parallels to January 6th and doesn’t simply regurgitate his Truth Social post. If they don’t need to do it in a full report then it’s absolutely unnecessary on social media y’all. https://t.co/szFzVi6J9u https://t.co/HfHktdpNCd
"Not enough of you were arrested on January 6th for my taste, please come and up your felony charges on my behalf" https://t.co/Il0FXFCRjB
Generally speaking, most lawyers would advise a client accused of leading an insurrection not to call for protests over his imminent arrest https://t.co/lyCcTmmtqQ
Workers erected barricades around a Manhattan courthouse as New York City braced for a possible indictment of Donald Trump over an alleged hush-money payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels during his 2016 campaign https://t.co/CfTjgm871E https://t.co/ZRPG889q5j
The New York City police department began erecting metal fencing in lower Manhattan on Monday as a potential criminal indictment for Donald Trump appeared imminent https://t.co/CfTjgm8ERc https://t.co/pdnzZFmhaZ
This is the Republican party that Trump created. https://t.co/ExeRcPVuIe
Six people affiliated with the far-right Oath Keepers militia group were convicted of various charges related to the January 6 Capitol insurrection. https://t.co/fF8QSDIxgC
JUST IN: Six people affiliated with the far-right Oath Keepers militia group were convicted of various charges related to the January 6 Capitol insurrection. https://t.co/UyRsaPwMh9
BREAKING: Six Oath Keepers convicted in connection with January 6 US Capitol riot. Now do Donald Trump!!! https://t.co/YAGaGZrIxH
Judge rejects Oath Keepers’ mistrial request in January 6 conspiracy case as prosecutors rest in Proud Boys trial after nine weeks of courtroom drama https://t.co/SkB4FSm1jB
NEW: four more #OathKeepers catch convictions. The consequences continue. (Unlike some of the other cases, none in this group were charged with seditious conspiracy) By @HBRabinowitz & @HolmesLybrand https://t.co/oFdu0k73Dd https://t.co/LXjM5WepXu
Six Oath Keepers convicted in connection with January 6 US Capitol riot https://t.co/8dTRBdMbc5
Stormy Daniels ridicules ‘Tiny’ Trump ahead of possible New York indictment https://t.co/b42VvQ0DtL
"Donald Trump is the only politician in America whose criminal indictment might very well wind up destroying his top rival's candidacy," @digby56 writes. https://t.co/KsdYjJep7A