Will Donald Trump Actually Pay His Violent Supporters' Legal Fees?

Earlier this week, our 2016 campaign season's sui generis "dog bites man" story hit the headlines again, after Rakeem Jones -- attending a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina as a dissenter -- was sucker punched by 78-year-old John McGraw. Here is the incident, captured in GIF form:

Asked to comment on the incident at the most recent debate, Trump did what he has always done -- tepidly sidestepped the issue before offering an endorsement of this sort of violence. His supporters, he said, "have anger that's unbelievable," and it's "a beautiful thing in many respects."