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On the recordJanuary 12, 2022
Well, it seemed perfectly obvious to me, Anderson, for many months now that within what I call that second ring of the action on January 6th, there were people who had been planning, coordinating, and organizing to come to smash our windows, to break down our doors to break in and to go and interrupt the proceedings of the Joint Session of Congress counting Electoral College votes.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Jamie Raskin describes the planning and coordination behind the January 6th Capitol attack.

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