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>>> THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT

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>>> THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT

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WAYS TO PROCESS THIS MAJOR NEWS

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OF THE RICO INDICTMENT OUT OF

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ATLANTA.

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IT’S DONALD TRUMP’S FOURTH

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INDICTMENT.

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THE FIRST STATE CHARGES THAT

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RELATE TO THE COUP.

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IT IS A PLACE WHERE THERE’S A

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MANDATORY MINIMUM, AND THERE

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AREN’T EASY WAYS TO PARDON, SO

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EVEN IF DONALD TRUMP REMAINS A

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POPULAR REPUBLICAN, EVEN IF HE

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ASSUMED THE PRESIDENCY AGAIN, HE

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WOULD STILL HAVE THE LEGAL

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CHALLENGE, A STANDA BETWEEN A

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STATE IF HE WERE CONVICTED WHERE

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HE WOULD NEED TO BE INCARCERATED

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AND A QUESTION OF WHAT HAPPENS

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FOR AN ELECTED PRESIDENT-ELECT

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WHO IS LEGALLY AND LAWFULLY

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AWAITING OR EXPERIENCING

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INCARCERATION.

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THOSE ARE MANY WAYS.

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BUT THERE’S ANOTHER WAY.

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AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT’S

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GOTTEN A LITTLE LESS ATTENTION

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BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL BEEN DEALING

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WITH ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS I

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MENTIONED.

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UNTIL LAST NIGHT, NO LAWYER OR

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AIDE TO DONALD TRUMP HAD

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ACTUALLY BEEN CHARGED FOR

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STEALING THE ELECTION OR COUP

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RELATED ACTIVITIES.

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IF YOU’RE A CLOSE NEWS WATCHER,

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YOU MIGHT SAY, WHAT ABOUT

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BANNON?

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IT WAS PROCESS, HIM DEFYING THE

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COMMITTEE.

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WHAT ABOUT NAVARRO?

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HE’S AWAITING TRIAL.

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IMPORTANT BUT SEPARATE FROM

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WHETHER YOU ACTUALLY GET HIT

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WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, A RICO CHARGE

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FOR STEALING THE ELECTION.

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AND THIS ALSO MATTERS BECAUSE

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WHATEVER YOU THINK OF DONALD

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TRUMP AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAY

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TRY TO FOLLOW HIS BLUEPRINT, YOU

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CAN’T DO A CONSPIRACY BY

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YOURSELF.

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YOU CERTAINLY CAN’T DO A COUP BY

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YOURSELF.

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THERE’S NO DIY UNILATERAL COUP.

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THIS AIN’T TENNIS.

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THIS IS A TEAM SPORT.

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AND IF YOU START THROWING PEOPLE

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IN PRISON, AS THE D.A. HAS SHOWN

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SHE IS WILLING TO DO, SHE SAID

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VERY CAREFULLY LAST NIGHT,

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THEY’RE PRESUMED INNOCENT, BUT

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SHE EXPECTS CONVICTED PEOPLE TO

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SERVE THEIR PRISON TERMS

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INCLUDING THAT MANDATORY FIVE

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YEARS.

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IF YOU START THROWING A BUNCH OF

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PEOPLE IN PRISON, I DO NOT CARE

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HOW COCKY OR CONFIDENT THEY

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SEEM, I DON’T CARE HOW MUCH THEY

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SAID THEY SUPPORT THIS OR THAT

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POLITICIAN, AS WE KNOW FROM ALL

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WORLD HISTORY, ONE THING THAT

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HASN’T CHANGED, PEOPLE HATE

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GOING TO PRISON.

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AND IF THEY ACTUALLY SEE A WORLD

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WHERE IT IS A POSSIBILITY, IT

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MAY CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR.

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I WANT TO BRING IN NOW FROM

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LAENLTD

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ATLANTA, TRIAL ATTORNEY KATIE

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PHANG AND ONE OF THE COLLEAGUES

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KEEPING US INFORMED THROUGH ALL

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OF THIS.

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GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

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>> GREAT TO SEE YOU, ARI.

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>> KATIE, LET’S START THERE.

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THERE’S MANY THINGS TO GET INTO.

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I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE

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SURRENDER DEADLINE, BUT FIRST,

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BIG PICTURE, WHAT DOES IT MEAN

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THAT THERE’S SO MANY OTHER

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DEFENDANTS AND IF ANY OF THEM

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GET CONVICTED OR PAY A PENALTY,

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ACCORDING TO THE D.A., THAT WILL

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DETER FUTURE EFFORTS TO STEAL

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ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA OR

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ELSEWHERE?

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>> I THINK, ARI, TO YOUR POINT,

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THE SHEER NUMBER OF DEFENDANTS

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IN THIS RICO INDICTMENT THAT’S

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BEEN BROUGHT ACTUALLY HAS MORE

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IMPACT NOT AT THE FINISH LINE,

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NOT AT THE SENTENCING, ALTHOUGH

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THAT REALLY IS THE INCENTIVE FOR

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PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT DURING

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THOSE COME TO JESUS MOMENTS

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WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO

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COOPERATE.

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JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN

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CHARGED IN AN INDICTMENT WITH

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MULTIPLE CRIMES IT DOESN’T MEAN

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THAT NOW YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO

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COOPERATE, NOT ALLOWED TO BE A

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WITNESS ON BEHALF OF FANI

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WILLIS’ OFFICE, BUT THE IDEA IS,

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HOW DO WE GET THERE, ARI?

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HOW MANY OF THOSE DEFENDANTS

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INCLUDING EIGHT OF THE 19 THAT

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ARE LAWYERS, NOT ALL OF THEM

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HAVING LICENSES ANYMORE, AS WE

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KNOW, BUT HOW DO WE GET THERE?

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WHO ACTUALLY WANTS TO PLAY BALL

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FIRST?

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BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO DICTATE

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THE SPEED BY WHICH THIS CASE

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SEES THAT FINISH LINE, THAT WE

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GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU’RE

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LOOKING AT THE WHITES OF THEIR

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EYES, THE JURORS, TO SEAT THEM

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TO SIT IN JUDGMENT.

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WE ALSO HAVE A FOOTNOTE, A

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PRETTY BIG ONE, DEALING WITH

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THIS POSSIBILITY OF REMOVAL TO

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FEDERAL COURT FOR PERHAPS DONALD

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TRUMP AND MARK MEADOWS.

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BUT I DO THINK NOW THAT YOU HAVE

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THE LAWYERS INVOLVED, DO WE

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ANTICIPATE HAVING ISSUES OF

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ATTORNEY/CLIENT ISSUES?

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ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE.

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CONVERSATIONS HAD BETWEEN

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LAWYERS AND THEIR CLIENT.

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HOW DO WE OPERATE THEN OUTSIDE

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OF THE CONFINES OF, I WAS JUST

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GIVING MY CLIENT LEGAL ADVICE,

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WHAT HE CHOSE TO DO WITH IT, HOW
HE DEPLOYED THAT WAS UP TO HIM.

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HE DEPLOYED THAT WAS UP TO HIM.

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WE HAVE ALSO SEEN A FISSURE IN

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ANY JOINT DEFENSE.

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WE KNOW THE TRUMP PAC IS NOT

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GOING TO PAY FOR THE LEGAL FEES

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OF JENNA ELLIS.

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UP UNTIL NOW, WE ONLY HAVE

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DONALD TRUMP CHARGED BY HIMSELF

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BY SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH IN

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THAT -- IN THE 1/6 ELECTION

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INTERFERENCE CASE, BUT WE DO

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HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A JOINT

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DEFENSE GOING ON WITH WALT NAUTA

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AND CARLOS de OLIVEIRA.

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THEY’RE STANDING STRONG,

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SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, BUT THAT’S

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PROBABLY IN LARGE PART BECAUSE

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THEIR FEES ARE BEING PAID BY

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DONALD TRUMP.

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WHEN THEY START TO DROP LIKE

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FLIES AND THEY FEEL THE COLDNESS

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OF BEING OUT ON THEIR OWN, WOULD

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SHE THEN TURN ON RUDY GIULIANI,

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ON SIDNEY POWELL?

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I WANT TO EMPHASIZE ONCE LAST

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THING BEFORE I STOP.

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IT’S NOT JUST DONALD TRUMP HERE.

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YOU ALSO HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE

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THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL CRIMINAL

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EXPOSURE IN THIS CASE, SO THEY

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HAVE TO ACTUALLY BE WATCHING

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THEIR SIXES TO SEE WHETHER OR

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NOT SOMEONE IS GOING TO FLIP ON

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THEM.

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>> WITH THE 30 SECONDS OR SO WE

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HAVE LEFT, WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT

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IN THE SURRENDER PROCESS?

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>> SO ARI, NEXT FRIDAY, AUGUST

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25th, BY 12:00, YOU HAVE TO TURN

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YOURSELF IN, ACCORDING TO FANI

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WILLIS.

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IF YOU DON’T DO SO, THE ARREST

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WARRANTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN

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ISSUED IN THIS CASE REMAIN

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STANDING WHICH ALSO MEANS IF

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YOU’RE CAUGHT, YOU’RE GOING TO

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GO TO JAIL PEPDING GETTING IN

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FRONT OF A JUDGE TO EXPLAIN WHY

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YOU DIDN’T SHOW UP LIKE YOU WERE

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SUPPOSED TO.

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THE REALLY COMPLICATED THING IS

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THE ARRAIGNMENTS FOR ALL THESE

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PARTICULAR DEFENDANTS.

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DO YOU SURRENDER AND BE

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ARRAIGNED AT THE SAME TIME.

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DONALD TRUMP ALREADY HAS LOCAL

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COUNSEL IN PLAY.

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HE DOESN’T HAVE AN EXCUSE THAT

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HE HAS TO DELAY IN ANY WAY HIS

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SURRENDER AND ARRAIGNMENT

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BECAUSE HE NEEDS LOCAL COUNSEL.

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WE’RE GOING TO SEE A PARADE OF

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PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE

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COURTHOUSE BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT

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FRIDAY.

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>> YEAH, WHICH WILL KEEP

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EVERYONE BUSY.

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KATIE PHANG, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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APPRECIATE IT.

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>> HOW DID WE GET HERE INIT

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STARTED WITH THE JANUARY 6th

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COMMITTEE’S INVESTIGATION.

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THAT ADVANCED THINGS THAT DOJ

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AND OTHERS MAY NOT HAVE HAD ON

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THE RADAR.

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THIS NEW INDICTMENT USES AND

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ADVANCES THAT MATERIAL.
