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Please stay safe, Seth.

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Is it possible that Stone's and Bannon's involvement was a quid pro quo for their pardons on other crimes?

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I knew you'd find the smoking gun! finding this guy is like finding the Zapruder tapes.

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Woo, u R hot! 🔥

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I pray this and more info you uncovered will be part of the impeachment hearing . There is so much data.. that proves trump knew, about and conspired about to get the mob going. Great work!

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I wonder if Trumps second speech was dependent on the success of the mob and moved to the Whitehouse due to the violence that success would require. Video released by Trump was for partial success.

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Yes, Trump's permit for stage at Capitol shows *INTENTION* of completing the coup d'êtat. Imagine the MAGA crowd breaching the House and Senate, then killing VP Pence, Speaker Pelosi, and most of the Dems in Congress. Well now Trump declares emergency martial law (advised by Flynn, Powell, Lindell) and drives to the White House to issue a "comforting" message to the nation as he promises to find the responsible ANTIFA BLM terrorists... We almost had the start of Holocaust 2.0.

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Does anyone know if the stage Rink set up became the platform with the noose?

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Hey Seth, nice work on putting a background together on me. Most journalists don't do the work. Quick clarification...any time I spoke of the "front" or "back" of the Capitol in interviews, podcasts, etc., I have sometimes gotten them confused. The STS permitted stage was set up on the side of the Capitol where you could see the Supreme Court, not the reflecting pool. Technically, that's the front of the Capitol I think, but may have referred to it as the back. Anyway, just wanted to clarify. Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions.

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Seth - I heard on NPR someone talking about how they don't expect enough GOP votes to convict. I know the focus now is getting the facts, but can you talk about the vote side? Just hoping you can lift our spirits a little that the US has a moral compass and/or brain...

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One of the greatest outrages is that, Senators who certainly contributed to the BIG LIE, and whipping up the crowd, at the same very least...and likely knew about the extreme likelihood that the attack was coming...Cruz,Hawley, and Graham, who we know was involved in attempted election tampering..maybe more that knew...are sitting as jurors...with a likely vote to aquit.

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Ms. Richardson does some analysis on the GOP votes in this link. The whole "business vs Trump" tension among GOP Congress members seems (to me) like a valid push/pull current. It remains to be seen whether it is significant factor in the vote. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-7-2021

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