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Jamie Raskin: “The vast majority of people we`ve called up for interviews, or that we`ve subpoenaed have either come to testify in an…”

On the recordOctober 22, 2021
The vast majority of people we`ve called up for interviews, or that we`ve subpoenaed have either come to testify in an interview or are engaged in good faith negotiations with the committee. We`re not trying to put people in jail, we`re just trying to get the information we`ve been commanded to do by statute about the worst attack on the U.S. Capitol since the War of 1812. People who are ready to come to Washington to do violence to the Capitol.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
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msnbc.com

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Raskin discusses the January 6 committee's efforts to gather information regarding the Capitol insurrection.

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