Instead of combating the charges, he is appealing to those outside the courtroom: his voters and his donors. In fact, his priority doesn’t to seem to be finding a winning legal strategy at all. Given that he previously called Engoron biased and accused James of being the one to engage in fraud, and has now amplified a call for them to be arrested, it’s obvious he’s not trying to curry favor with them. Of equal, if not greater, importance, Trump telegraphed his strategy for fighting this case, and likely others. As Ty Cobb, former White House special counsel during the Trump administration, said about the former president sharing that social media post, “these are the types of incendiary attacks that do lead to violence.” 6, 2021, to understand that it is entirely reasonable to believe that people will take actions based on Trump’s words. This is not supporting vigilante justice, but goading people to engage in criminal behavior. Trump, through his “re-Truthing,” is signaling support for the view that people should take matters into their own hands and make a lawless arrest of a prosecutor and a judge.