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Dec 2023
1h 25m

Trump and January 6th

MSNBC
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Ali Velshi is joined by Olivia Troye, Fmr. Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Mike Pence, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Ronen Bergman, Staff Writer at The New York Times Magazine, Charles Blow, Writer & Executive Producer of ‘South to Black Power’, State Rep. Justin Jones (D) Tennessee, Michael Steele, Fmr. Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Stuart Stevens, Senior Adviser for The Lincoln Project, Noga Tarnopolsky, Independent Journalist, and Emily Van Duyne, Author of ‘Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation’

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