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May 31 – Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots, revolution and violent retribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime, his supporters responded with dozens of violent online posts, according to a Reuters review of comments on three Trump-aligned websites: the former president’s own Truth Social platform, Patriots.Win and the Gateway Pundit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some called for attacks on jurors, the execution of the judge, Justice Juan Merchan, or outright civil war and armed insurrection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomeone in NY with nothing to lose needs to take care of Merchan,\u201d wrote one commentator on Patriots.Win. \u201cHopefully he gets met with illegals with a machete,\u201d the post said in reference to illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Gateway Pundit, one poster suggested shooting liberals after the verdict. \u201cTime to start capping some leftys,\u201d said the post. \u201cThis cannot be fixed by voting.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Threats of violence and intimidating rhetoric soared after Trump lost the 2020 election and falsely claimed the vote was stolen. As he campaigns for a second White House term, Trump has baselessly cast the judges and prosecutors in his trials as corrupt tools of the Biden administration, intent on sabotaging his White House bid. His loyalists have responded with a campaign of threats and intimidation targeting judges and court officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis was a disgrace, this was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt,\u201d Trump told reporters afterwards, echoing comments he often made during the trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 12-member jury found Trump guilty on Thursday of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence a porn star\u2019s account of a sexual encounter ahead of the 2016 election. Sentencing is set for July 11, days before the Republican Party is scheduled to formally nominate Trump for president ahead of the Nov. 5 election. Trump has denied wrongdoing and is expected to appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump continued his attacks online after the verdict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Truth Social, he called Merchan \u201cHIGHLY CONFLICTED\u201d and criticized his jury instructions as unfair. One commentator responded by posting a picture of a hangman’s platform and a noose with the caption: \u201cTREASONOUS MOBSTER OF THE JUSTICES SYSTEM!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacob Ware, a co-author of the book \u201cGod, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America\u201d, said the violent language used by Trump\u2019s followers was testament to the former president\u2019s \u201cironclad ability to mobilize more extreme supporters to action, both at the ballot box and through violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUntil and unless he accepts the process, the extremist reaction to his legal troubles will be militant,\u201d said Ware, a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesperson for Truth Social said, \u201cIt\u2019s hard to believe that Reuters, once a respected news service, has fallen so low as to publish such a manipulative, false, defamatory and transparently stupid article as this one purely out of political spite.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All three sites have policies against violent language, and some of the posts were later removed. Representatives of Patriots.Win and Gateway Pundit did not immediately return requests for comment. A Trump spokesperson also did not respond to an email seeking comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHANG EVERYONE\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Thursday’s verdict, many of his supporters also said that his conviction was proof that the American political system was broken and that only violent action could save the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c1,000,000 men (armed) need to go to Washington and hang everyone. That’s the only solution,\u201d said one poster on Patriots.win. Another added: \u201cTrump should already know he has an army willing to fight and die for him if he says the words\u2026I\u2019ll take up arms if he asks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other posts specifically urged targeting Democrats, in some cases suggesting they be shot. \u201cAMERICA FULLY DESTROYED BY DEMOCRATS. LOCK AND LOAD,\u201d wrote a commentator on Gateway Pundit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the posts identified by Reuters all called for violence or insurrection, most fell short of the legal standard for a prosecutable threat, which typically requires evidence that the comment reflects a clear intent to act or instill fear, rather than simply suggesting a frightening outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, one researcher who studies extremist militias said the guilty verdict could inspire violence by reinforcing a conviction among some of Trump’s supporters that he’s a victim of a conspiracy orchestrated by his enemies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI do think a lot of these folks have been looking for an excuse to maybe mobilize for a while,\u201d said Amy Cooter of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies\u2019 Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism. \u201cI hope I\u2019m wrong. I\u2019ve said for a long time, though, that I would not be shocked to see violence result from a guilty verdict, either directed toward the jurors\u201d or others connected to the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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