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Colbert: Oath Keepers Charged With Seditious Conspiracy; We've Peaked as a Country

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jaunte1/14/2022 2:06:42 pm PST

“…”It underscores the central role that Donald Trump played in it,” Raskin continued. “But it does create a problem for assigning guilt at different levels of conduct.”

In a Q&A with Insider, Raskin outlined his “three rings” framework for understanding the events of that day.

The biggest ring was the thousands of protesters who walked from the Ellipse after Trump’s rally to the Capitol. The second ring was made up of various militia groups and those who came to the Capitol with the intent of disrupting the certification of the 2020 election results.

Those surrounding Trump and working to enable his desire to overturn the results of the election constituted the third ring, according to Raskin.”