others had getting an adamant Trump to call off his supporters ransacking the Capitol and threatening the lives of members of Congress and the vice president. I acknowledge again how reluctant Mark was to confront the boss’s anger and get him to see reason. I recount overhearing him tell Pat that Trump “thinks Mike deserves it. He doesn’t think they’re doing anything wrong.” Liz briefly interjects to make sure everyone realizes what I had just attested to: the president of the United States had told his chief of staff and legal counsel that he was fine with an armed mob trying to kill the vice
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