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Rhiannon12866

(258,748 posts) Sat Apr 23, 2022, 01:23 AM Apr 2022

Jamie Raskin: Jan. 6th Probe Shows How Close Trump Came To A Coup - TRMS - Ali Velshi - MSNBC

Rep. Jamie Raskin, a member of the January 6th Committee, talks with Ali Velshi about the story that the data and testimony that the committee has assembled tells about the attack on the Capitol. Aired on 04/22/2022.

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Jamie Raskin: Jan. 6th Probe Shows How Close Trump Came To A Coup - TRMS - Ali Velshi - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Apr 2022 OP

Chilling. We didn't realize how bad it could have been. magicguido Apr 2022 #1

Apparently it all came down to Mike Pence Rhiannon12866 Apr 2022 #2

Pence, the most unlikely hero of 6/1. multigraincracker Apr 2022 #3

A "hero" who knew what the coup plotters were planning for weeks... Justice matters. Apr 2022 #4

Truth be told.... multigraincracker Apr 2022 #5

Ironically, that's defined as "cover up" in legal parlance. Justice matters. Apr 2022 #6

magicguido

(6,315 posts)

1. Chilling. We didn't realize how bad it could have been.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sat Apr 23, 2022, 01:38 AM

Apr 2022

Rhiannon12866

(258,748 posts)

2. Apparently it all came down to Mike Pence

Reply to magicguido (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 23, 2022, 04:06 AM

Apr 2022

Someone I can't remember hearing one word from for all four years. Even in the VP debate, not one thing he said was in his own words.

multigraincracker

(38,034 posts)

3. Pence, the most unlikely hero of 6/1.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 23, 2022, 04:52 AM

Apr 2022

How will this play out in history?

Justice matters.

(10,071 posts)

4. A "hero" who knew what the coup plotters were planning for weeks...

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 23, 2022, 12:34 PM

Apr 2022

and did NOT alert the FBI about their criminal conspiracy?

It's more like "covering up" their "criminal conspiracy" crimes for way too long. The right way would have been to secretly "alert" the FBI he was being pressured by the conspiracists to commit a crime he did NOT want to commit.

multigraincracker

(38,034 posts)

5. Truth be told....

Reply to Justice matters. (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 23, 2022, 12:37 PM

Apr 2022

He saved the country, trying to save his own ass.

Justice matters.

(10,071 posts)

6. Ironically, that's defined as "cover up" in legal parlance.

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 23, 2022, 12:38 PM

Apr 2022

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