# Delay in prosecution of Trump

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 15, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delay-in-prosecution-of-trump/950708 "2021-09-15T17:47:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delay-in-prosecution-of-trump/950708/214 "2021-10-12T16:10:41Z")

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> [@Atamasama](#):
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> It shouldn’t surprise anyone that he reacted badly to losing but who would have thought he’d whip a crowd into a frenzy to stop the electoral vote count?

Well, to be fair, we literally had an entire thread on the coup/insurrection where many speculated on just that:

> [@The American Coup: 11.9.2020 -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1849):
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> This is fucking outrageous, way beyond what I even thought possible. Surely there is a crime of some sort being committed by Trump on that call, right? Absolutely chilling. I swear these fuckers are up to something more than meets the eye. I’m not sure what they are going to try to pull on 1/6 but I expect it to be way beyond what any of us expect. It won’t surprise me if people end up being arrested for not doing what Trump wants done, provided he can convince someone to carry out the orde…

> [@The American Coup: 11.9.2020 -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1867):
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> The Proud Boys claim they’re going to Washington on Wednesday disguised like Antifa, so their violence can be blamed on them.

> [@The American Coup: 11.9.2020 -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/1949):
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> This may actually be where I saw this claim - [Proud Boys plan to protest incognito dressed as Antifa](https://www.businessinsider.com/proud-boys-attend-january-6-dc-rally-incognito-all-black-2021-1) The Proud Boys’ chairman, Enrique Tarrio, [revealed on Parler](https://parler.com/profile/NobleLead/posts) that "the Proud Boys will turn out in record numbers on Jan 6th but, this time, with a twist. "The twist, Tarrio said, is that they will forgo their traditional uniform for something inconspicuous. He wrote: “We will not be wearing our traditional Black and Yellow.” The group’s standard uniform is black and yellow Fred Perry polo shi…

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