The whole name of the game was to put coercive pressure on Pence to do the right thing, by which Trump meant step outside of his constitutional role and declare unilateral unconstitutional powers to reject Electoral College votes.
Raskin explains Trump's intentions regarding Mike Pence and the Electoral College votes during the January 6 events.
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We need to zero in quickly on the forms of systemic corruption that have cost the public huge amounts of money, and where there are legislative cures available.
The Trump family has turned the entire executive branch into a money-making enterprise, so there’s more than enough corruption and lawlessness to keep Democrats across the House busy for years.
This is a naked power grab by a historically unpopular president—who himself regularly votes by mail—to inject confusion and chaos into our elections in a last-ditch effort to keep his party in power.
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