Kinzinger says Trump would probably lie under oath to Jan. 6 committee
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Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) on Sunday said the next public hearing by the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol will focus on how the rioting unfolded "minute-by-minute." In an interview with ABC's "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz, Lofgren said Thursday's hearing will shine a light on what happened throughout the day of the attempted insurrection. 'We hope to go through minute by minute what happened, what didn't happen on that day, and people can make their own judgment," Lofgren said. Lawmakers on the panel have already accused
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The expression “all politics is local,” meaning that a politician’s success hinges on his or her ability to understand and influence the issues of constituents, held true for generations. In today’s world, however, the increasingly globalized nature of corruption subverts local democratic politics and processes. Autocrats use and abuse state resources to corrode institutions, harass the democratic opposition and curtail domestic accountability systems. Leveraging the global financial system and its
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