Trump’s verbal assaults pose risks to prosecutors and could fuel violence
by Peter Stone from US news | The Guardian on (#6A8AG)
Trump has resorted to incendiary rhetoric' to deter investigations and to rile up his base, experts say, and shows no sign of letting up
Donald Trump's demagogic attacks on prosecutors investigating criminal charges against him are aimed at riling up his base and could spark violence, but show no signs of letting up as a potential indictment in at least one case looms, say legal experts.
At campaign rallies, speeches and on social media Trump has lambasted state and federal prosecutors as thugs" and claimed that two of them - who are Black - are racist", language designed to inflame racial tension.
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