Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“A lawyer for Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) cited an 1872 congressional action granting amnesty to Confederate soldiers to defend his own client’s eligibility for office,” TPM reports.
“The argument from Cawthorn lawyer James Bopp Jr. came in response to a legal effort to have Cawthorn declared ineligible for office because he allegedly ‘encouraged, and upon reasonable suspicion helped aid, the insurrection’ on Jan. 6.”
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