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Defense for some Capitol rioters: election misinformation

by David Klepper
| May 30, 2021 12:06 AM

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Falsehoods about the election helped bring insurrectionists to the Capitol on Jan. 6, and now some who are facing criminal charges for their actions during the riot hope their gullibility might save them or at least engender some sympathy.

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