CABLE. 032023 - TRUMP LOYALISTS PLAN ARMED INTERVENTION AGAINST ARREST, PREDICT FALSE FLAG VIOLENCE

ALERT: THREATS AGAINST MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

• ON SATURDAY MARCH 18, 2023, DONALD TRUMP POSTED TO TRUTH SOCIAL CLAIMING HIS OWN IMPENDING ARRESTED ON TUESDAY (MARCH 21) FOR HIS ALLEGED ROLE IN A HUSH MONEY SCHEME DURING THE 2016 ELECTION. A SERIES OF POSTS URGED SUPPORTERS TO PROTEST AGAINST THE IMPENDING ARREST:

• IN PRO-TRUMP MAINSTREAM AND ALT-SOCIAL MEDIA SPACES, SOME LOYALISTS ECHOED TRUMP’S DEMANDS, FORMULATING DETAILED PROPOSALS FOR WAYS TO “RESIST”:

• OTHER LOYALISTS, INCLUDING REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS, RECIRCULATED CONSPIRACIES THAT FEDERAL AGENTS WOULD ATTEMPT TO TURN PEACEFUL PROTESTS VIOLENT AND URGED ANY PARTICIPANTS TO “STAY PEACEFUL”. THIS CONSPIRACY REMAINS A POPULAR RIGHT-WING EXPLANATION FOR THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE U.S. CAPITOL.

• 4CHAN, 8KUN, AND TELEGRAM ARE LIKELY DIGITAL STAGING GROUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL PLOTTING AGAINST TRUMP’S ALLEGED ARREST. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCIES ARE STRONGLY URGED TO MONITOR FOR POTENTIAL DOMESTIC TERRORISM THREATS ARISING FROM ANY LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND NOT TO CONTINUE PREVIOUS UNDERESTIMATIONS OF THE CAPABILITIES OF POLITICALLY/RACIALLY/ETHNICALLY MOTIVATED DOMESTIC VIOLENT EXTREMISTS.

NOTE: ALLEGATIONS OF AN IMPENDING ARREST ON TUESDAY MARCH 21 WERE MADE BY DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF WITH NO SUPPORTING. THE LACK OF EVIDENCE IS UNLIKELY TO DISSUADE LOYALISTS FROM PROTESTING WHAT IS PERCEIVED AS POLITICAL PERSECUTION.

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