What these four subpoenas have in common is that these four individuals were all apostles of the big lie. They were spreading the big lie in public. They were spreading it in courtrooms. They were spreading it in official and unofficial ways. And remember, our committee is not a criminal investigatory committee. Our committee is an investigative committee for the American people to figure out what happened to us. And how did we get set up for a situation in which we almost lost our democracy.
Jamie Raskin: “What these four subpoenas have in common is that these four individuals were all apostles of the big lie. They were…”
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Raskin discusses the significance of the subpoenas issued to individuals involved in spreading false claims about the election.
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