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I'm Katherine Pompilio, associate editor of LawFair, with an episode from the LawFair

Archive for January 7, 2023.

Yesterday marked the two-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, at

which Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building to attempt to stop the certification

of electoral college votes for the 2020 presidential election.

For today's Archive episode, I picked an episode from January 6, 2021, in which Benjamin

Wood is Quinteturestic, David Priest, Georgetown's Mary McCourt, who used to run the National

Security Division at the Justice Department, and Daniel Biman, professor at Georgetown

and LawFair's Foreign Policy Editor, sat down just hours after the attack to discuss

their initial thoughts and reaction.

From listening, remember that the discussion and analysis of the events are largely reactionary

and contemporaneous.

We have learned a great deal about the causes, events, and impact of that day in the two

years since the attack, so the opinions and analysis offered in this podcast may not reflect

the views of the guests today.

There takes, however, to serve as a reminder of the chaos and utter confusion felt that

day, and present an opportunity for listeners to reflect on the events and aftermath of the

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