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Eric Swalwell: False and incendiary allegations of fraud and theft and in direct response to the defendant's express calls for violence…

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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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Swalwell describes the basis of the lawsuit against Trump regarding the Capitol riot.

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