Reading of The D.C. Indictment
UnJustified
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The Defendant Made Multiple False Statements to Defeat the Federal Government Function
Eastman told the crowd, quote, all we are demanding of Vice President Pence is this afternoon, one o'clock, he let the legislatures of the states look into this so we get to the bottom of it. At 2.13 p.m., after more than an hour of steady, violent advancement, the crowd at the Capitol broke into the building. When advisers urged the defendant to issue a calming message aimed at the rioters, the defendant repeatedly remarked that the people at the Capitol were angry because the election had been stolen. The defendants knowingly false statements for these purposes included the following: "I hope Mike is going to do the right thing" and "When you catch somebody
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