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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 FTONIGHT, ONLY TWO, FORME
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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