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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 Federal Election Commission's Fraudulent Election Fraud Act

In some states, in order to satisfy legal requirements set forth for legitimate electors under state law, state officials were enlisted. In many cases, however, as co-conspirator five had predicted in the fraudulent elector instructions, the fraudulent electors were unable to satisfy the legal requirements. The defendants ultimately used the certificates of these fraudulent electors to deceitfully target the government function and did so contrary to how fraudulent electors were told they would be used.

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