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>>> ARE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS

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INVESTIGATING THE FIRST COUP

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ATTEMPT THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER

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SEEN TAKING A BUTTER KNIFE TO A

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GUN FIGHT?

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WILL THEY, AS THEY ARE SIGNALING

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TONIGHT, TRULY GET TOUGH ON

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THOSE WHO STAND BETWEEN THEM AND

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THE TRUTH?

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>>> ALSO, DID PRESIDENT BIDEN

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JUST WHEEL A -- INTO THE BATTLE?

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JOHN BERMAN HERE IN FOR AROUNDOR

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ANDERSON.

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A STRING OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO

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BRING YOU FROM BOTH ENDS OF

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PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.

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THEY ALL TOUCH ON THIS.

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WHETHER THOSE WHO TRIED TO

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UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY, ITSELF,

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WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

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BECAUSE AS ONE POLITICAL

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OBSERVER TWEETED TODAY, AN

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UNPUNISHED COUP IS A TRAINING

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EXERCISE.

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THOSE ARE THE STAKES, AS THE

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COMMITTEE TRIES TO ENFORCE

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SUBPOENAS ON FOUR EX-TRUMP AIDES

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AND ALLIES.

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AS OF TONIGHT, ONLY TWO, FORMER

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WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF MARK

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MEADOWS AND FORMER PENTAGON

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OFFICIAL CASH PATEL ARE EVEN

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ENGAGING AT ALL IN THE PROCESS

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AFTER A MIDNIGHT DEADLINE FOR

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PRODUCING DOCUMENTS CAME AND

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WENT.

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AND THAT'S THE COMMITTEE'S WORD,

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BY THE WAY.

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ENGAGING WHICH COULD MEAN

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ANYTHING AND IS A FAR CRY FROM

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COOPERATING.

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DAN SCAVINO, IT'S NOT CLEAR

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WHETHER HE HAS RESPONDED AT ALL

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OR HAS EVEN BEEN SERVED.

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HOWEVER, HE IS NOT EVEN

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MENTIONED IN THE JOINT STATEMENT

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FROM COMMITTEE CHAIR BENNIE

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THOMPSON AND VICE CHAIR LIZ

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CHENEY.

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AS FOR STEVE BANNON, HE'S

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FLAT-OUT DEFYING THE COMMITTEE.

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HIS LAWYER CITING THE FORMER

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PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE

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WHICH IS A PRETTY BRAZEN CLAIM

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TO MAKE, GIVEN THAT BANNON

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HASN'T WORKED IN THE WHITE HOUSE

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SINCE 2017.

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AND FOR THE RECORD, JANUARY 6th,

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2021, WASN'T IN 2017.

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BANNON IS ACTING ON THE FORMER

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PRESIDENT'S ORDERS.

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A TRUMP LAWYER LAST NIGHT

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TELLING ALL FOUR NOT TO COMPLY.

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AS YOU KNOW, THE FORMER

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PRESIDENT HAS MADE IT CLEAR HE

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NO LONGER EVEN SEES JANUARY 6th

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AS A THING.

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SAYING THIS WEEK, THE REAL

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INSURRECTION WAS ON ELECTION

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DAY.

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AND LAST NIGHT ON FOX, HE MADE

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HIS CONTEMPT PLAIN FOR THOSE WHO

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HAVE TRIED AND FAILED TO HOLD

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HIM ACCOUNTABLE.

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>> YOU HAD FAKE IMPEACHMENTS,

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TWO FAKE IMPEACHMENTS WHERE THE

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REPUBLICANS WERE GREAT.

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I HAVE TO SAY, THEY STUCK WITH

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US.

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THE WHOLE THING WAS FAKE.

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AND I HAD TO SURVIVE.

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AND TO SURVIVE, YOU HAD TO BE

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TOUGH AND YOU HAD TO BE OUT

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THERE.

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YOU DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO BE

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NECESSARILY DAINTY AND NICE.

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>> DAINTY AND NICE.

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OR AS IT USED TO BE CALLED,

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FOLLOWING THE RULES.

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OBEYING THE LAW.

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THAT SORT OF THING.

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FACED WITH THAT KIND OF

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ATTITUDE, THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE,

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TODAY, BROKE WITH TRADITION

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SAYING THE PRESIDENT WOULD NOT

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INVOKE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE OVER

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TRUMP DOCUMENTS SOUGHT FROM THE

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES BY THE SELECT

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COMMITTEE.

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IN OTHER WORDS, BIDEN WOULD

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ALLOW THEIR RELEASE.

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SO THERE IS NOW A CONFLICT.

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BECAUSE WE LEARNED LATE TODAY

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THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS

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SENT A LETTER TO THE ARCHIVES

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ASSERTING PRIVILEGE AND

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THREATENING TO, QUOTE, TAKE ALL

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NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE STEPS

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TO PROTECT THE OFFICE OF THE

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PRESIDENCY.

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AND PRESIDENT BIDEN -- LISTEN TO

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HOW HIS PRESS SECRETARY FRAMED

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IT.

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>> THE ADMINISTRATION TAKES THE

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EVENTS OF JANUARY 6th INCREDIBLY

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SERIOUSLY AS THE PRESIDENT SAID

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ON ITS SIX-MONTH ANNIVERSARY.

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THAT DAY POSED AN EXISTENTIAL

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CRISIS AND A TEST OF WHETHER OUR

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DEMOCRACY COULD SURVIVE.

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>> WHETHER OUR DEMOCRACY COULD

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SURVIVE.

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THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO