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Law professor on why criminal charges aren't enough: 'Jan. 6 insurrection was just the backup plan'

Here & Now’s Scott Tong speaks with University of Chicago law professor Aziz Huq about “the larger, structural weaknesses of American democracy” revealed by the Jan. 6 committee’s investigation.

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