Donald Trump's call for protests over his potential indictment in a hush-money case has sparked conspiracy theories about an FBI setup among some of his far-right supporters
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"Is the potential protest against Trump being arrested a J6-style trap?" Paul Joseph Watson, an editor at InfoWars, a conspiratorial website, asked in a poll on Trump's Truth Social platform. Republican heavyweights such as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have urged against protests while backing Trump's claims that an indictment would be unjust. But other lawmakers have joined in promoting baseless theories.
"Many QAnon and Trump supporters are leery of joining protests over concerns of a setup or trap similar to what they believe occurred during the January 6 insurrection," said Carla Hill, director of investigative research at the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism. Ali Alexander, who helped organize rallies that preceded the Capitol riot, signaled he will be staying away from demonstrations this time around and warned of New York City:"You will be jailed or worse."
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