and i think more fundamentally, on the advice of counsel defense, i also think it is really hard for donald trump to pursue that when his counsel are his co-defendants in the january 6 trial, they re his unindicted co-defendants and there is no advice of co-defendant offense. so that also complicated the advice of counsel defense that donald trump might other weiss have. thanks for your reporting. glenn, thank you for your great analysis. when we come back, what happens to one state s political party when it is overcome by right-wing election deniers. we ll talk with one reporter who went to figure out that out in the state of michigan. e of mich.
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