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hello everyone and welcome to the social
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bringing you stories affecting
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contemporary youth I'm James Maloney
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here with some news analysis with that
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being said let's Jump Right In
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with the new year coming in less than a
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month the January 6 attack on the United
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States capital is approaching two years
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since its occurrence back in 2021
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protesters swarm the capital to overturn
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the results of the 2020 presidential
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election based upon fraudulent claims
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that the now former president Donald
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Trump had won a second term
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Trump's encouragement of the
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Insurrection led to the founding of the
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January 6 Committee in the summer of
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2021 led by Democratic chair Thompson
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from Mississippi and Republican chair
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Liz Cheney from Wyoming
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on December 19th the committee had its
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final meeting referring Trump on four
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criminal charges officially putting him
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they are now being sent to the
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Department of Justice
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the charges consist of obstruction of an
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conspiracy to defraud the United States
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conspiracy to make false statements to
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the government and of course
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this is all according to the U.S news
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representative Thompson made a statement
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following the proceedings quote the
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evidence we have gathered points to
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further action Beyond
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the power of this committee or this
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to help ensure accountability under the
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the accountability that can only be
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found in the criminal justice system
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we have every confidence
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that the work of this committee will
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help provide a road map to Justice
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Liz Cheney also made a comment
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he as in Trump is unfit for office to
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Cheney's work on the committee as well
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as her vote to impeach the then
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has cost her from winning another term
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as representative for Wyoming having
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lost her primary during the midterm
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elections her loss has only increased
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according to NPR the committee has also
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referred four members of Congress to the
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Department of Justice for the disregard
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among them were Kevin McCarthy of
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California Jim Jordan of Ohio Scott
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Perry of Pennsylvania and Andy Biggs of
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however the extent of these of these
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referrals may be limited
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now that we're probably now that
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Republicans control the majority of the
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house and McCarthy is in line to become
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regardless of Trump's legal troubles he
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has announced another campaign for the
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2024 presidential election with the
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hopes of taking back the White House
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it's important to acknowledge how the
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American public plays a vital role in
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this situation with many issues on
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Americans Minds such as inflation it
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will be interesting to see and witness
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how the work of the January 6 committee
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will play a role in the upcoming
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presidential election cycle
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there is speculation that the outcomes
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of these referrals will either increase
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or decrease polarization
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but only time can tell
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