We'd be charged with quote every crime imaginable if the White House staff in any way facilitated Trump himself, going to Congress going up to the Capitol Building to try to stop the count that day.
Maddow summarized the legal risks discussed by Cipollone regarding Trump's potential actions on January 6.
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