# Extricating us from the Imbroglio: Repairing the Damage

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**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extricating-us-from-the-imbroglio-repairing-the-damage/931007 "2021-01-20T18:45:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extricating-us-from-the-imbroglio-repairing-the-damage/931007/63 "2021-01-23T03:42:35Z")

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Post in the Coup Fallout thread described a DoJ lawyer who plotted to get Acting Atty General fired so he could take the job and pile the pressure on Georgia to find Trump the votes he wanted there. Just another person on the lonnnnng list of people Biden needs to fire:

> [@The American Coup Fallout thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/71):
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> According to the New York Times, things got very dicey at the justice department in the days before the insurrection. Trump wanted to fire the a.g. replace him with a civil attorney and go after forcing Georgia to overturn their election. The last 2 paragraphs just say it all. As a citizen just following the news things were nerve wracking, I can not imagine the pressure, anxiety, and stress those in the government felt during the previous administration.

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