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What Next: Punishing the Capitol Rioters

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English - July 21, 2021 09:00 - 27 minutes - ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratings
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Six months after the Capitol riot, plea deals from cases against the rioters have begun to trickle in. Will the courts be able to do what Congress couldn’t, and insist on a shared version of events on January 6th? 

Guest: Zoe Tillman, senior legal reporter at BuzzFeed News.

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Six months after the Capitol riot, plea deals from cases against the rioters have begun to trickle in. Will the courts be able to do what Congress couldn’t, and insist on a shared version of events on January 6th? 


Guest: Zoe Tillman, senior legal reporter at BuzzFeed News.


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