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WaPo: Trump deflects blame for Jan. 6 silence, says he wanted to march to Capitol

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This week on CounterSpin: He wanted to go to the Capitol on January 6, Donald Trump tells ([link removed]) the Washington Post, but the Secret Service wouldn't let him. He hated the violence, and was furious Nancy Pelosi wasn't putting a stop to it. He doesn't remember getting many phone calls, and he didn't destroy any call logs. Trump would lie on credit when he could tell the truth for cash, so why are so many pundits invested in suggesting that he can never be legally brought to account? We'll hear from Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, about the "stunning" new ruling ([link removed]) that shows a way to do just that.

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Also on the show: Polls ([link removed]) show 68% of people in the country think marijuana should be legal, the highest number since polling started in 1969. The tide is turning; it's just a matter of who we let be lifted by it and who we allow to drown. Should some people get rich selling weed while others rot in jail for it? That's what the MORE Act ([link removed]) that just passed the House tries to address. We'll catch up with an expert on marijuana legislation, Mike Liszewski from the Enact Group ([link removed]) .

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Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look back at recent press coverage of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and notes the passing of media critic Eric Boehlert.

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