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On the recordJanuary 3, 2022
Well, you know, it`s about 187 minutes, we have now determined he was in the White House, we have determined that a number of people made attempts to contact him through his chief of staff.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi
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msnbc.com

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Bennie Thompson discusses the 187 minutes during which Donald Trump did nothing while the Capitol was under attack.

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