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I'm Megna Chakrabardi, and this is the Jackpot, where on-point news analyst Jack Beattie

helps us connect history, literature, and politics in a way that brings

his unique clarity to the world we live in now.

Hello there, Jack.

Hello, Megna.

Okay, we are at episode 63, and your headline.

Through line.

Through line through what?

Through line through the efforts in 2020, Trump's efforts to steal the election and now.

Special counsel Jack Smith's report to the Attorney General lights up what is unchanged since 2020 and what has since

changed. I'm going to talk about what's unchanged in two examples and what has changed

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