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Welcome to the Bullwork Podcast. I'm Charlie Sykes. It is the morning after we are continuing

to sort out what we learned yesterday from the January 6th committee. Of course, the

big headline news was the subpoena of Donald Trump testimony, which I'm sorry to have

the spoiler alert here testimony, which is unlikely to actually happen. But that doesn't

mean that what happened yesterday was not consequential. So in case you missed it, just a

little bit of the flavor of yesterday's January 6th select committee hearing.

Mr. Chairman, the violence and lawlessness of January 6th was unjustifiable. But our

nation cannot only punish the foot soldiers who stormed our capital. Those who planned

to overturn our election and brought us to the point of violence must also be accountable.

With every effort to excuse or justify the conduct of the former president, we chip

away at the foundation of our republic. In defensible conduct is defended, inexcusable

conduct is excused. Without accountability, it all becomes normal and it will recur.

There has to be some way we can maintain the sense that people have, that there's some

security or some confidence that government can function and that we can elect the president

of the United States. Did we go back in the session? We think we're back in the session,

and now apparently everybody on the floor is putting on two gas masks to prepare for

a range. I'm trying to get more information. They're putting on their tear gas masks.

We need to hire you four of these housing members. They're all walking over now through

the streets. They're just breaking windows. They're just breaking windows. They're just

just horrendous and all at the instigation of the president of the United States.

Knowing that he had lost and that he had only weeks left in office, President Trump rushed

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