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Marc Short: I think ultimately, the buck stops with the President. He has responsibility to listen to advice, or discard advice. But…

On the recordJune 14, 2022
I think ultimately, the buck stops with the President. He has responsibility to listen to advice, or discard advice. But I also think that there's - there were people, around the President, who I think served him very poorly, and, I think, gave very poor advice.
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Marc Short discusses the responsibility of President Trump regarding the advice he received during the events leading up to January 6.

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