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But the result is sort of to Roger's point about how this sort of approach can be abused.

If so desired, going forward, it did not use what is a common approach and investigations,

which is to use a very detached, just let a straight recitation of the facts,

tell the story approach, and instead it used some rhetorical flourish,

it referenced things like crackpot theories or said the letter was a lie.

I'm Benjamin Widis and this is the LawFair podcast December 24th, 2022.

It is a rare emergency podcast, and I suspect you know why the January 6th committee issued its final report

Thursday night.

We spent Friday reading through it and formulating some initial thoughts, observations,

bewilderments, and questions, joining me in the virtual jungle studio to chew it all over

were Natalie Orpett, LawFair's executive editor,

and four LawFair senior editors Scott R. Anderson, Quinted Jurassic,

Molly Reynolds, and Roger Parloff.

We divided up the report so that we got through almost all of it and could talk about almost all of it.

We're giving you an overview and some analysis, plus we're wondering what happens now

that the January 6th committee is done with its work.

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