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January 6 Committee Calls Bluff of Key Witness

July 21, 2022 · 11:16 am ET · Leave a Comment

The January 6 Committee subpoena of Phil Waldron, the retired colonel who was working with Donald Trump’s outside lawyers to overturn the 2020 presidential election, seeks some interesting information:

  • “All documents supporting the claim that Italian satellites were used to hack voting systems…”
  • “All documents supporting the claim that voting machines were manipulated through the use of smart thermostats controlled by the Chinese government…”

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