Why Is the Insurrection a Warning We Still Haven’t Learned From?

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Michael Jonas, JD, MBA, Podcast Host/Producer, Owner/Attorney, Narwhal Law and Business Strategy 

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Learn More/Sources
The following materials were referenced or informed this episode. Links are provided for transparency and further reading.

U.S. House Select Committee on January 6, Final Report https://january6th.house.gov/report

Executive Summary of the January 6 Report (PDF)
https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/Executive%20Summary.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice, Capitol Breach Cases https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases

DOJ Press Releases on Seditious Conspiracy Convictions
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr

Attorney General William Barr on Election Fraud (AP News, Dec. 2020)
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-elections-william-barr-voting-presidential-elections-7b7a1dff2c20c9d4c6a36b4c3c5f4f3a

DHS CISA Statement on 2020 Election Security https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/joint-statement-elections-infrastructure-government-coordinating-council

Reuters Analysis of Failed Election Lawsuits
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-allies-lost-nearly-every-election-lawsuit-2020-2021-06-21/

U.S. Capitol Police Press Releases
https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases

FBI Pipe Bomb Investigation
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/update-on-pipe-bombs-investigation

Insurrection Act of 1807 (10 U.S.C. §§ 251–255)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/chapter-13

Congressional Research Service on the Insurrection Act
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11465

Brennan Center, Insurrection Act Explained
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/insurrection-act-explained

Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/amendment-14/section-3/

Just Security, Legal Analysis of Disqualification After January 6
https://www.justsecurity.org/82134/section-3-of-the-14th-amendment-and-the-disqualification-of-insurrectionists/

Post-Election Fundraising Analysis, New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/us/politics/trump-fundraising-election.html

Outrage Economy, Columbia Journalism Review
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/outrage-economy.php

BBC International Coverage of January 6
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55592332

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