Well, I think they laid out that, when you think about incitement, you can think about three basic things. The first is, did a person lay out a cause? And, of course, that`s the -- Trump saying, that election has been stolen. Did they essentially stoke the fuel, the anger of the mob over that? And, certainly, they laid out how Trump had done that even before the election, when he said there`s only two possibilities. Either I`m elected or the election is corrupt.
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Merkley discusses the elements of incitement related to Trump's actions leading up to January 6.
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