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Neal Katyal: “What these are going to require though is not simply, did you let someone in and didn't know? But did you have some sort…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2021
What these are going to require though is not simply, did you let someone in and didn't know? But did you have some sort of mens rea, specific intent to try to help these folks?
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Neal Katyal
Democratic · District of Columbia
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msnbc.com

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Katyal discusses the legal implications for Congress members involved in the Capitol invasion.

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