The most striking (and frankly, terrifying) thing about the DOJ’s indictment of Donald Trump was the evidence that Trump’s closest advisers were telling him he could use the Insurrection Act of 1807 to order the US military to commit mass murder of US citizens who protested his plans to remain in power after being voted out.

Almost as striking is the near-total absence of any mention of this horrifying fact, in most of the US media. Mehdi Hasan is one of the few reporters who isn’t shying away from this aspect of the Trump indictment.

Mehdi Hasan breaks down the six most chilling words in the new criminal indictment of Donald Trump… and how they show the willingness of Trump’s team to use violence to stay in power if necessary.