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On the recordSeptember 25, 2022
It's going to be tough to do, I would think but, you know, obviously, it would be -- it would be good to be able to find out who in the White House made that call, because that could add to the theory that the White House was very involved in what was happening with the attack on the Capitol.
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

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Panetta comments on the difficulty of identifying a White House caller to a rioter during the January 6 Capitol attack.

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