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What the Jan. 6 Capitol Incursion Really Was

What the Jan. 6 Capitol Incursion Really Was
People flow into the Capitol Rotunda after being let in by a protester, shown on this surveillance video on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. Department of Justice/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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After the 2020 presidential election, my Epoch Times columns summarized actions state legislatures could take in states with disputed results. When asked to do so, I also summarized those options directly to interested state lawmakers. Last week, a leftist website distorted this into a claim that I “guided” private citizens to represent themselves as presidential electors without legislative authorization.
Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
Author
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.” He also researched and wrote the scholarly article “Virgil and the Constitution,” whose publication is pending in Regent University Law Review.
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