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BONUS: Prosecuting Donald Trump: The 2020 Election Indictment Read by Ali Velshi

Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast

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The Defendants' Conspiracy to Impair, Obstruct and Defeat the Federal Government Through Dishonesty, Fraud and Deceit

The defendants' conspiracy to impair, obstruct and defeat the federal government function through dishonesty, fraud and deceit included the following manner and means. The defendant and co-conspirators use knowingly false claims of election fraud to get state legislatures and election officials to subvert the legitimate election results. That is, on the pretext of baseless fraud claims, the defendant pushed officials in certain states to ignore the popular vote,. disenfranchise millions of voters, dismiss legitimate electors and ultimately cause the ascertainment of and voting by illegitimate electors in favor of the defendant.

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