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Hey, everybody, Ellie here with my Friday note to the cafe community.

I hope you've had a chance to watch these hearings in Congress.

I think they've been fascinating, and we've learned quite a bit, as we will discuss in this week's piece.

Also, please keep sending your thoughts, questions, or comments to letters at cafe.com.

Thank you. at cafe.com. What does it mean exactly to know?

Forgive me for the epistemological opening. And yeah, okay, I had to Google

word meaning how do we know what we know, but I found the right word. But this philosophical question

has taken on practical significance with the unfolding January 6th committee hearings, a central theme

of which has been he knew. More precisely, the committee has set out to prove that Donald Trump knew he had lost the election.

He knew that there was no evidence of widespread election fraud.

He knew that the quote unquote legal theory that the vice president could unilaterally reject certain electoral votes was bunk.

And perhaps he knew that his words and

actions could result in violence. Of course, Trump's knowledge matters for the historical record

and for those assessing his likely candidacy for the presidency in 2024. The more he knew,

the more inexcusable his conduct, the less fit he is to lead the nation again.

And Trump's knowledge is central to an assessment of his potential criminal liability.

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