“If these radical, vicious, racist prosecutors do anything wrong or illegal,” Trump said, “I hope we are going to have, in this country, the biggest protest we have ever had in Washington D.C., in New York, in Atlanta and elsewhere because our country and our elections are corrupt. They’re corrupt!”

“He’s directly challenging the rule of law, a legitimate investigation and emboldening the very people who tried to undo the results of the 2020 election,” Sanchez reacted. “This is incredibly dangerous.”

Stelter agreed, saying it was reminiscent of Trump calling his supporters to Washington for a rally just before they wound up laying siege to the Capitol.

“That’s exactly where we are again now,” Stelter said. “There is a base that wants to hear this from Trump, that wants to be animated, and that may listen to him say ‘If I’m wronged, protest for me.’ In Trumpspeak, that means if they find me guilty or if they find any evidence, that’s what he means and he’s already saying it every day. Seems to me it’s January 5th all over again.”