Along the lines of @StevenTDennis's "Friday Night Zillow," I propose #SundayNightSlammer, where you pick the Federal Bureau of Prisons facility that would best serve as Trump '24 campaign HQ.
"Shortly before Mr. Garland made the announcement, a person close to Mr. Trump reached out to a Justice Department official to pass along a message from the former president to the attorney general." nytimes.com/2022/08/13/us/…
"Mr. Trump wanted Mr. Garland to know he had been checking in with people around the country and found them to be enraged by the search." nytimes.com/2022/08/13/us/…
"'The country is on fire,' Mr. Trump said, according to a person familiar with the exchange. 'What can I do to reduce the heat?'" nytimes.com/2022/08/13/us/…
Trump said this to a lot of people, and although it's not necessary to prove criminal intent, it ought to suffice along with everything else. This is from page 128 of @JonLemire's new book.
See also this report from the day before the insurrection: "According to three people who have spoken to Trump..., with one conversation occurring a week ago. Trump admits his defeat." politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
And this quote attributed to Trump: "Can you believe I lost to that f**king guy? That f**king corpse?" axios.com/2021/01/17/tru…
"Intent can be inferred based on a defendant’s actions. Here, as his followers stormed the Capitol, Trump watched it happen on television and appeared to be delighted. He resisted appeals from multiple sources to try to stop it."
"Even when he finally filmed his video message, he offered words of encouragement to the rioters and told them he loved them.
"These are not the actions of a man who was misunderstood by his followers and is horrified by what they did." sidebarsblog.com/trumps-inactio…
"If the assault on the Capitol was not what Trump intended, any rational person would expect him to act immediately to try to stop it. That he failed to do so is evidence that he supported what was happening." sidebarsblog.com/trumps-inactio…
"There was a lot of love. I've heard that from everybody. Many, many people have told me that was a loving crowd."
—tfg, referring to the crowd at the Capitol on 1/6/21, lto @CarolLeonnig and @PhilipRucker in "I Alone Can Fix It"