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Jamie Raskin: “We're trying to reconstruct the entire chain of events that led to the most violent assault on the U.S. Capitol since…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2021
We're trying to reconstruct the entire chain of events that led to the most violent assault on the U.S. Capitol since the war of 1812, in 1814.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Jamie Raskin explains the goal of the House Select Committee in investigating the events leading to the Capitol attack.

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