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Trump's indictment, his supporters & threats of violence

 a cloud of tear gas outside the Capitol on January 6, 2021
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a cloud of tear gas (bottom) outside the Capitol on January 6, 2021

On this edition of Your Call, we discuss the 37-count federal indictment of Donald Trump, his supporters, and threats of violence.

Trump is facing charges for mishandling classified documents, including top-secret information about nuclear weapons and secret military plans to attack Iran. Federal prosecutors say he illegally stored dozens of highly sensitive documents throughout his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida and refused to return them to the FBI. He is the first US president to face federal criminal charges.

Why are Republicans politicians like Senator Lindsey Graham still supporting Trump? Extreme Republicans are fomenting violence, while 12 million people say violence is justified to return Trump to power, according to the University of Chicago’s Project on Security & Threats.

Guests:

Jeff Sharlet, journalist, Professor of English and director of creative writing at Dartmouth College, bestselling author or editor of seven books, including The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War

Jason Stanley, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, and author of three books, including, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

Web Resources:

The Atlantic: The Congressman Telling Trump Supporters to ‘Buckle Up’

The Guardian: 12m Americans believe violence is justified to restore Trump to power

The Washington Post: Trump indictment: A moment of reckoning for the former president

The Nation: Is 37 Criminal Counts What It Takes for the GOP to Abandon Trump?

The Nation: It’ll Take More Than an Indictment to Make Donald Trump Face Justice

The New York Times: How a Trump-Appointed Judge Could Influence His Documents Case

Rose Aguilar has been the host of Your Call since 2006. She became a regular media roundtable guest in 2001. In 2019, the San Francisco Press Club named Your Call the best public affairs program. In 2017, The Nation named it the most valuable local radio show.
Bee Soll is a producer with Your Call at KALW, and a producer, writer, and editor at KCBS Radio in San Francisco. She is a former reporter for Crosscurrents and contributor at KPFA Radio.