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Prosecutor plays Independence Day clip during MTG hearing

By Virginia Aabram
Published April 22, 2022 9:44pm ET
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Prosecutor plays <i>Independence Day</i> clip during MTG hearing
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Atlanta. Greene is appearing at a hearing Friday in Atlanta in a challenge filed by voters who say she shouldn't be allowed to seek reelection because she helped facilitate the attack on the Capitol that disrupted certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory. | (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool)

The prosecutors challenging Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ability to run for reelection due to her ties to the Jan. 6 riot showed a clip of the movie Independence Day during the Friday hearing.

The prosecution used the movie clip as evidence for Greene’s alleged view that the riot was an “existential battle” that warranted any means to stop the electoral vote certification of Joe Biden as president amid Donald Trump’s claims that he had rightfully won.

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