On the recordMarch 5, 2021
False and incendiary allegations of fraud and theft and in direct response to the defendant's express calls for violence at the rally, a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol.
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msnbc.comEric Swalwell: “False and incendiary allegations of fraud and theft and in direct response to the defendant's express calls for violence…”
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Swalwell describes the basis of the lawsuit against Trump regarding the Capitol riot.
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