
The United States is in a "Soft Coup" | Joyce Vance
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Former U.S. Attorney and legal expert Joyce Vance talks with Marc Elias about whether the court system can hold Trump accountable, how Trump loyalists are trying to transform the DOJ and why Vance is describing our current political state as a "soft coup."
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This video was produced by Paige Moskowitz and edited by Narineh Melkonian.
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