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On the recordFebruary 22, 2021
With respect to January 6, I`d like to make sure that you are willing to look upstream from the actual occupants who assaulted the building, that you will not rule out investigation of funders, organizers, ringleaders, or aiders and abettors who were not present in the Capitol on January 6.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
Source
msnbc.com

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Whitehouse emphasizes the need to investigate those who funded and organized the January 6 attack.

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