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Hakeem Jeffries: “Insurrection, sedition, treachery, incited by the President is the classic extraordinary circumstance that would justify…”

On the recordJanuary 8, 2021
Insurrection, sedition, treachery, incited by the President is the classic extraordinary circumstance that would justify it privilege resolution on impeachment.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York
Source
msnbc.com

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Jeffries argues that the circumstances surrounding the insurrection warrant impeachment.

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