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The January 6th Hearings Recap Special with Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid, and Nicolle Wallace (6/16/22)

The Rachel Maddow Show

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Did Trump's Lawyer, John Eastman, Admit in Front of the President That His Proposal Would Violate the Electoral Account Act?

The president's lawyer acknowledged that the plot he and president trump are suggesting is against the law. If these actions, supported by his legal theories, werever reviewed by the supreme court, he acknowledges they would lose nine to nothing at the supreme court. So john eastman contended they could just pull off this plot. They could just do it even though it was against the law, because the supreme court would never stop them. These conversations happened in the presence of the president himself.

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