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Jamie Raskin: “It indicates that there was one more line of possible attack, which was something like a military coup that was being…”

On the recordJanuary 21, 2022
It indicates that there was one more line of possible attack, which was something like a military coup that was being planned before January 6, there were a lot of different efforts undertaken and we may indeed find that there were others even beyond this attempted direct seizure of the ballot boxes in the polling places. There was clearly an inside coup being orchestrated by the entourage right around Donald Trump to overthrow Joe Biden`s majority in the electoral college to falsely deny him his presidential victory and to seize the presidency for Donald Trump for another four years.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
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msnbc.com

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Raskin describes the planning of a military coup related to the events surrounding January 6.

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