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On the recordJune 11, 2024
Every federal court to look at this said that the January 6th Select Committee, which was a bipartisan committee with a Democratic chair and a Republican vice chair, was completely lawfully constituted and lawfully operated.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Jamie Raskin defends the legitimacy of the January 6th Select Committee against claims made by Mike Johnson.

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