Leaked memo suggests Trump’s lies could incite more violence

NOT long after President Donald Trump earned the crowning distinction of becoming the first US president to get impeached twice, he released a video in which he went further than ever in calling for an end to post-election violence. But here’s what Trump did not say:

First, that Joe Biden is the legitimate winner of the 2020 election. Second, that Trump’s own big lie to the contrary was the singular cause of the deadly mob assault on the Capitol – and is perhaps the fundamental reason we face the threat of more