Do Trump's attacks on DOJ and FBI constitute illegal incitement?

Oct 18, 2023

Thanks in part to incendiary rhetoric from Donald Trump, threats toward the FBI, Justice Department and other law enforcement agencies already were on the rise before the search of the former president's estate and members-only club at Mar-a-Lago a month ago.

Then came Trump's two-hour accusatory speech on Saturday night Sept. 3 at a campaign rally for Republicans in Pennsylvania.

First, Trump aimed his fire at President Joe Biden in what was expected to be the first of many midterm political events featuring the former president. "He's an enemy of the state, you want to know the truth," Trump said of his successor, in response to a fiery Biden speech two days earlier that depicted Trump and his "MAGA Republicans" as a threat to democracy.