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5: Trump's Bad Week is About to Get Worse + A Conversation with David Pakman

THE OFFICIAL MEA CULPA WITH MICHAEL COHEN ARCHIVE

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What Happened on the Ellipse?

In the days leading up to the sixth, intelligence agencies knew of the coming crisis but either ignored or downplayed its significance. We now know that Roger Stone pouted because they wouldn't let him speak on the ellipse and then it was John Eastman and Rudy Kaludi Giuliani's last day in the sun before becoming disgraced forever. The Proud Boys were casing the Capitol as the President spoke and afterwards the President's efforts to join them were thwarted by Secret Service and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer shouting at Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy after hearing a rumor Trump blocked the National Guard going to the Capitol. A gala was erected and Trump watched all this shit on full on TV and what did he

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