Georgia Prosecutors Ask For FBI Protection Following Trump's Weekend Rally

Donald Trump chose his words very carefully at his rally this past weekend, but his supporters may think that he was giving them permission to commit unspeakable acts. That's why prosecutors in Georgia are now asking the FBI to step in and provide protection for them from possible attacks from Trump supporters. The former President's idea of "pardons" for individuals could make them think that any violence will be forgiven, and that makes them exceptionally dangerous, as Farron Cousins explains.

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Prosecutors in the state of Georgia who are investigating Donald Trump for potentially interfering with that state's election have now reached out to the FBI in a letter, asking them to do a risk assessment, to see if any of their federal buildings, you know, the courthouse, their offices, anything like that could, could be under threat from Trump supporters. And of course, the reason they did that was because of what Donald Trump said this past weekend at his rally in Texas. And there's two points to make on that. The first one is that he said, if these prosecutors who he called racist, and of course we do have African American prosecutors working down there in Georgia. So he accused them of being racist and said, if they do anything illegal, I hope everybody takes to the streets in a protest. He didn't call for civil disobedience. He didn't say go and you know, raise hell.

He didn't say fight like hell. Like he said, at the stop, the steel rally, he just said protest. And I'm gonna get back to that in a minute. But I wanna stress that. He said that word, cuz that makes a world of difference. He also said that, you know, if he becomes president again, he may look into parting. Some of the individuals who took part in the capital riot, if they've been treated unfairly, take those two things together. And of course you have the ex-wife of one of the Oathkeepers who came out on Monday and said, when he tells them to go protest, what they think it means is go out there and basically launch your civil war. But as I, I said, he chose that word carefully. He said protest because he is learned, telling people to protest is not illegal. You're not gonna get in trouble for inciting a riot by telling people they should protest.

If a thing happens. So he escapes liability for that. And you may think that's not fair, but because of the words he used, you cannot be blame it on him no matter what his people do, it's unfortunate, but that's the way it works. He, I don't wanna say did the right thing, but somebody instructed him on what to say. I have no doubt so that he could avoid liability. Now tying all of that back into Georgia, right after hearing these things saying, go out there and protest and maybe I'm gonna pardon some people Trump supporters can easily take that as an invitation, like, okay, he wants me to get out there and he may pardon me. That's what's freaking out these prosecutors. They were called out by him. then he mentioned, pardon? Then he mentioned protests. So yes, I think these prosecutors in Atlanta, uh, uh, Fannie Willis in Fulton county, I, I think they're fully justified in asking the FBI to step in and do a risk assessment.

And of course, if they determine that there are, you know, risks involved, that the FBI gets involved and does provide protection for these individuals what's happening right there in the state of Georgia with this investigation is too importa. But even besides the importance of the investigation, human lives could be at risk and that's never okay. Left or right. It's never, okay. These people do deserve to be protected. We have seen what Trump's supporters can do when he gets them riled up all his attacks on the media, calling them the enemy of the people. Well, his supporters over the years decided to launch attacks on the media to plan attacks on the media, you know, to drive towards the CNN building. Luckily police stopped him before he got there with, with a van full of weapons, planning on killing everyone there. These are real things that have happened. And that is why these prosecutors in Fulton county are asking the FBI step in, make sure we're safe. And if we're not provide some protection for us or at the very least obviously advise us on how we can stay safe because Trump is out there saying these things. He, we know he's choosing his words carefully, but his supporters don't know the difference between being told to protest. If something illegal happens and being told to go launch a new civil war against his political enemies. And that is what makes these people so dangerous.