A longtime conservative activist recommended that supporters of former President Donald Trump “tightly police your gatherings” and to be wary of “provocateurs” after the former president called for protests amid reports that he might be arrested by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office next week.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, is reportedly investigating Trump for providing $130,000 to adult performer Stormy Daniels. On social media, Trump suggested he would be arrested on Tuesday and called for people to “protest” and “take our nation back,” although Trump did not say where or how people should protest.
Arizona Republican candidate Kari Lake, too, suggested that “peaceful protests” should be in order if Trump is indicted. “And I would remind his critics that the First Amendment of the United States Constitution grants us the right to peaceably assemble,” Lake said in a statement. “We cannot allow ourselves to live in such fear of the left’s infiltration that we surrender our God-given rights without them even asking.”…