president trump's actions proceeded the riot for a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty. >> now despite those comments from the center republican leader mitch mcconnell, he and other republicans voted to acquit donald trump. welcome to are viewers in the united states and all over the world. i michael holmes.

♪ welcome, everyone. donald trump may have been acquitted of inciting to violence at the u.s. capitol last month, but political fallout from the former u.s. presidents second impeachment trial will likely be long- lasting. that is especially true for the republican party after seven gop senators broke away saturday to vote with democrats to convict . one of those senators, bill cassidy of louisiana, has already been censured by his state's republican party. it is clear trump still has massive influence on his base and his party, so the question for republicans is how far can they come away from his final days in office?

if you did i know better, you would think mcconnell had voted for conviction. >> president trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day, question about a. >> the divisions on capitol hill and across the country for that matter our stock . house speaker nancy pelosi said trump's acquittal will be remembered as one of the most dishonorable acts in the nation's history. ryan noble with more on a dramatic day in the u.s. senate. >> reporter: for a second time, donald trump has escaped conviction by the u.s. senate. >> it is therefore ordered that donald john trump be and is hereby acquitted for the charge inset article . >> reporter: the cut final book

a dramatic and unpredictable day, warehouse teachers announced plans to call witnesses to the trial of the former president. >> we would like the opportunity to subpoena congresswoman herrera regarding her communications with house minority leader kevin mccarthy . >> reporter: calling witnesses would've most likely sent the trial in a dramatically different direction, leading to a much longer affair. after hours of negotiations, the two sides agreed to submit into the record a statement from republican congresswoman jaime herrera beutler which detailed a phone call from trump to house minority leader kevin mccarthy on january 6th. where trump called mccarthy the writers cared for election fraud in mccarthy. impeachment managers decided to call her as a witness following a cnn report on the call friday. >> the point is no number of witnesses demonstrating that donald trump continued to insight the insurrectionists even after the invasion of the capitol would convince them.

they would not be convinced. >> reporter: with witnesses off the table, the two sides presented their closing arguments. the prosecution argued the evidence made it clear the riot was incited by the former president. >> name to the date, time, and he brought them here, and now he must pay the price . >> reporter: the trump defense said convicting has been impossible to ignore. >> this has been the most unfair and flagrantly unconstitutional proceeding in the history of the united states senate . >> reporter: when the votes were cast, seven republicans joined democrats and voted to convict trump , but fell short of the two thirds majority necessary. richard burr of north carolina and bill cassidy of louisiana voted to convict, despite earlier voting the trial was unconstitutional. after it was all over, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who voted to acquit him trump's actions, saying he was responsible for the riot and even suggested he could be

tried in a criminal court. >> he has not gotten away with anything yet, yet. we have a criminal justice system in this country. we have civil litigation. and former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one. >> reporter: but majority leader chuck schumer argued the republicans are using the constitutional argument as a copout. in his mind, the evidence was more than enough to convict. >> look at what republicans have chosen to forgive. the former president tried to overturn the results of a legitimate election and provoked an assault on our own government. >> reporter: while there's no doubt democrats are not happy with an outcome of this impeachment trial, there are many that are happy to see it in the rearview mirror , and they are ready to get focused on some of the big agenda items for the new biden administration

. the first thing up, the big covid relief package currently making its way through congress. ryan noble, cnn on capitol hill. >> so, despite the senate acquittal, some people even trump himself feared there might be more legal battles ahead . cnn reporter from west palm beach, florida . >> reporter: donald trump's legal team expressing relief over the acquittal of the former president, though sources indicate the legal team was surprised seven republican senators voted to convict trump. that number much higher than what they expected. notably, we are hearing from sources close to the former president who said that he is now concerned about potentially facing criminal charges, and this comes on the heels of mitch mcconnell during his speech saying that the criminal justice system may ultimately go look at donald trump's role in the insurrection on january 6th, and it's not just

mcconnell . federal investigators have laid out to cnn they are looking at anyone and everyone who was involved in the violence we saw in capitol hill that day, including donald trump. in the meantime though, publicly, trump expressing relief as well. he apparently is pleased with the acquittal, though he does foreshadow some upcoming political work. in a statement, trump writing in part, quote, our historic, patriotic, and beautiful movement to make america great again has only just begun. in the month ahead, i have much to share with you, and i look forward to continuing our incredible journey together to achieve american greatness for all of our people. we anticipate that in that statement, part of what trump is alluding to and wants to share with his supporters is an effort to oust the republicans that trump feels betrayed him. he is preparing to campaign against them, to potentially fund raise against them, and get them out of office. of course, there's always the

specter that trump may run again in 2024 . boris sanchez, cnn in west palm beach, florida. >> a lot of praise for those seven republicans who voted to convict the former president. they are senators richard burr, bill cassidy, susan collins, mitt romney, lisa murkowski, pat toomey, and ben sasse . much worth noting here, only murkowski is only up for reelection in 2022. boro and toomey plan not to run again after this term . they are running . romney is not for reelection until 2024, while cassidy, collins, and sasse are set through 2026. let's get more perspective on this. ron, i want to start with one of your tweets on saturday. you said this. trump insights, ignites, and

rebels in right-wing white nationalist the intimidated a vast majority of gop into supporting him. no consequences means extremists are emboldened . explain the impact of acquittal for political reasons. >> if you look at the way this trial was unfolding, artistry of the 50 republican saying there should be no consequences for trump, for his actions in which he indicted, excited the mop at the capitol, and as we saw, ignored the request, laughed at the request by kevin mccarthy when he called in to call off the mop or to send more law enforcement help. if you look all of that, michael, it follows the decision by house republicans

just a few weeks ago not to sanction marjorie taylor greene and in fact, welcome her to their caucus, and i think both of these send a very clear signal, that then mainstream republicans are concluding that the extremist part of their coalition is simply too big at this point to confront or excommunicate, and i talked to experts in extremism who believed very clearly that the fact that the vast majority of republican stood with trump is going to normalize the kind of inflammatory rhetoric and use of political threats that both he and marjorie taylor greene symbolized. i want to ask you about mitch mcconnell too voting not guilty, but him getting up and blaming trump anyway, saying he was practically and morally responsible. let's call it the loophole strategy. >> he obviously wants trump's vote o n the party.

where does that leave mcconnell? >> let's walk through what mitch mcconnell disappeared mitch mcconnell delay the trial, specifically refused to begin a trial until donald trump left office, and then got up and said today the only reason he's not convicting him is because the trial did not begin until donald trump left office, which was mitch mcconnell's doing. mcconnell i thought today was desperately searching for someone, any to do what he lacked the courage to do, a civil suit, a criminal investigation, any kind of other legal activity that would accept the responsibility that he shirked to take a clear stand against trump, and he truly believes i believe that trump was responsible for the mop on the capitol. i mean, they want the advantages of, you know, the energy that he inspires among his base.

they don't want the downside of all the things that he does delineate traditionally white, voters and at this point, it may be too late to reverse the inroads, beachhead on extremists making it on the party especially after these back to back decisions on taylor greene and trump in the last couple of weeks. >> it is interesting. we're already seeing state- level blowback for gop senators who voted to impeach, and that fear of maga nation and trump clearly behind the lot of not guilty votes. what evidence is there that with trump not on the ballot, he has sway with the broader electorate that those congressional republicans fear? his popularity hesitates further? republicans are leading the party. he's sullied the brand . what are they afraid of? >> we don't know his ability to turn out his own voters when he's not on the ballot.

what they are looking at is polling showing that only three quarters of republican still support trump, they believe his light that the election was stolen, another poll showing a majority 55% of republicans agreed the american way of life is disappearing so fast that we may have to use force to save it. today, they are worried about kind of this, his hold on what they see as the critical votes they need in the party, but by refusing to stand up to him and by allowing this to go past, as he talked about before, they really let go the best chance they had to get out from under his thumb. >> what does acquittal in essence and we will frame it this way, a win for him, what will that mean for his future politically and in terms of influence his hold over the republican party? >> i think they have voted in a

way that maximizes his leverage in the party, and november on, they allowed him to spread this lie among the party base that the only reason he's not taking all the office is not because he lost, he led the party in a direction that could not commit a national majority. it's because it was stolen, and that is increase trump's leverage. what we are seeing in state after state, the state level republicans are using his lies about the elections to justify entire new wave of voter suppression measures, so in many ways, we are seeing the party pick up and run with the falsehood and turn around and blame him when you are justifying new attempts that are harder to vote, particularly for minority voters. >> rob brownstein, always a pleasure to see you. >> thanks. president biden kept pretty

quiet during the impeachment trial, but he has now responded to the acquittal. cnn white house correspondent alex signs report. >> reporter: in his first comments in this the impeachment trial wrapped up, president biden said that even though the senate did not vote to convict former president trump, the substance of the charges were not in dispute . the president noted there were a record number, seven republicans, voting to convict the former president of their own party, and the president went on to say while the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute. even though those opposed to the conviction like mitch mcconnell believes donald trump is guilty of a dereliction of duty and is morally responsible for the violence unleashed on the capitol . the president went on to talk about the insurrection on january 6th,

saying this sad chapter in our history has reminded us that democracy is fragile , but it must always be defended, we must ever be vigilant, that violence in extremism has no place in america, and each of us has a duty and responsibility as americans, and especially as leaders to defend the truth and defeat the lies . that is how we end this uncivil war and heal the very soul of our nation. he added that is the task ahead and a task we must undertake together and be the united states of america. throughout the senate impeachment trial, the president has been very careful in how he has commented. he's never directly weighed in on whether he believes the senate needed to convict former president trump, but he did say that the senate impeachment trial was critical to proceed after the house had voted for that impeachment . the president had indicated he was anxious to see how republicans would vote on this and suggested he thought that some minds may be swayed, but by that video that has been shown by the impeachment managers. now that the senate impeachment

trial is behind him, the biden white house is laser focused on the task ahead, one of those being getting his covid relief package past, as well as getting his nominees confirmed in the senate, as they are trying to look to the work of the biden agenda now that the trial is over. arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. we will take a quick break on the program . donald trump's second senate trial is over, but does that mean that he's been cleared, legally speaking? the cases trump could still be facing down the road. although still to come, will seven proved to be an unlucky number for republicans, after more party members voted against trump? a full analysis, coming up. with ultra... low... lag! stop blaming the network and start becoming the best gamers in the ga--

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good to see you. let's talk about mcconnell's constitutionality argument. i mean, you can't impeach because trump was out of office, yet it was mcconnell who brought the impeachment forward went he was in office. >> i think not just for the reason you point out, which he said basically something really bad happened here, but my hands are tied constitutionally because we are holding the trial after the president's term has ended. of course as you point out, it would then senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who have the power to call back the senate so the trial could at least begin well president trump was still in office. the other thing to remember is one, the senate has just voted a few days ago, and the senate ruled by vote, saying no, it is

okay to proceed, so that decision was made. the other thing is every legal expert, i should say virtually every legal expert who looks at this issue agrees that absolutely, you can have a trial when somebody is out of office because if you could it, imagine what would happen . we would intensify people to engage in the worst type of behavior either at the very end of their term in the middle of their term with the ability to resign and say but you can't avoid one of the two punishments of impeachment . don't worry about disqualification here that is off the table because your term ended. that does not make sense constitutionally either. >> absolutely. mitch mcconnell did raise this issue that the president can be prosecuted as a private citizen. in your view, how vulnerable is he to say and that there's a bunch of things. georgia officials are investigating potential trump interference there. even the lawsuits of some of the families of the victims

killed during the insurrection. >> yeah. my gut tells me that the president absolutely will face legal exposure, and it could be both on the federal and state level, but it's much more likely not to involve the insurrection. whether or not there is a federal prosecutor who wants to go forward on a charge of inciting violence, inciting the insurrection, i think they could do that with a straight face. i think more likely as you point out, maybe civil lawsuits with a lower standard of proof from family members or people themselves who were injured, and then as you point out, lots of other places where the president faces -- the former president visits potential legal exposure, remembered the mueller report come potential obstruction of justice . the campaign-finance violations michael cohen, the president's personal attorney, had talked about. financial crimes are potentially on the table, and when it comes to state crimes,

we know new york has an ongoing investigation into the trump businesses. we also know coming out of georgia, there'll be an investigation into potential election fraud, so this is not the end of the president's potential legal trouble here. this is not the last time he's going to talk to a lawyer. >> exactly. trump personally, this acquittal because it is essentially a win for him. what does it mean do you think , putting a political hat on? what does it mean for him politically, going forward? >> i think it means he has more political capital, and i don't know if you will actually run for office in 2024, but i think he will say he's running, and i think you will try to avail himself of the benefits of the campaign-finance system, so that basically block the republican field, the presidential field from being able to develop because he would take up all the oxygen in the room and might be able to shore up a lot of money too, so for him psychologically it's a win, and i think it's a win

because at this point, there's nothing to prevent him from either running again or saying he's run again, then dropping out at the last minute but having raised a good deal of money. >> and when it comes to the political aspect of the vote to call witnesses, then backtracking on that, clearly going ahead would apply to not just a delay in the senate and the biden agenda, but you have republicans calling on nancy pelosi and the whole pandora's box. what did you think about the democrats raising that then stepping back? >> in the moment, it felt like democrats, you just had a really big win. what's going on here? why did you pull back? i think it's the reason you just pointed out. one, isaac a lot of democrats and certainly the biden administration would like to move forward . we are facing a pandemic and economic crisis, climate change crisis, deep issues of racial injustice, and

i think a lot of people would like to move forward. of course, i think the constitutional provisions like the impeachment clause is there for a reason, and we need to use it when the moment arises, but you know, i think that people are going to be analyzing for a long time what if we had heard from witnesses? would it have created a greater impact? and i just can't help but feel that the real difference would not have been would there be 1 witness or hundred witnesses . the real witness would be if mitch mcconnell said i'm voting to convicts, and i suspect there might've been 10 senators who would've joined him. he would've basically opened his arms, given enough cover that that, more than the so- called trial statute, could've made the difference. >> interesting. jessica, good to see you, jessica levinson. appreciate it, jessica, thanks. we'll have more covered from washington in just a moment, including what now for the republican party after a seismic series of events?

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i think we improved that he is an insider in chief. that is credible and opiate for an individual to raise themselves up, to try and destroy this republic, he led an insurrection, albeit an attempted one that failed, but an insurrection against the republic. that is a high crime and a misdemeanor. >> scathing words there from stacey plaskett, one of the house impeachment managers after a historic evening in washington . the democrats did not get the votes from across

the aisle they needed to convict donald trump. >> it is therefore ordered and judged that donald john trump be and is hereby acquitted with the charge in said article. >> the final vote of course was 57 guilty, 43 not guilty. 10 short of the two thirds super majority needed to convict the former president. seven republican senators did go to convicts trump, a significant increase from the first impeachment trial, where mitt romney was the only republican to break ranks with his party. now the democratic and republican leaders spoke after the judgment was rendered. have a listen. >> this trial was not about to sing country over party, even not that. this was about choosing country over donald trump. and 43 republican members chose trump. they chose trump. >> former president trump's

actions proceeded the riot for a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty. we have no power to convict and disqualify former official who is now a private citizen. >> president biden has responded to the verdict, saying this, quote, sad chapter in our history has reminded us that democracy is fragile, that it must always be defended and we must be ever vigilant that by yalitza extremism has no place in america and that each of us has a duty and responsibility as americans, and especially as leaders to defend the truth and to defeat the lies. republican strategist joining me now. he's also the former white house deputy assistant press

secretary under george w. bush. thanks for being with us, pete. what, in your view, is the damage done to this party with this acquittal, which is basically a refusal to do something about the president's role in the insurrection, to hold them accountable? what damage does that do? >> it's a foregone conclusion that former president trump was going to be acquitted, and i would point to something david gergen said on this network earlier in the day, and that is the vote in the senate mirrors almost exactly the polling we were seeing. americans were split in almost the exact same percentages as that senate vote. what was surprising to me was a couple of the senators voting to convict like richard burr from north carolina and senator cassidy from louisiana, but other than that, it went precisely as expected. >> i think out of all of those brave senators, only one of them is running for reelection

in 2022, so it was not that brave. they are not up against voters anytime soon, and curing the wrath of the president. why the fear among senators to go against donald trump? he lost the house, lost the senate, lost the white house, his popularity has gone down since leaving office. a lot of republicans are leaving the party. why is there the fealty to him? >> there is two ways to answer this question. one is you've got the constitutionality of the proceedings that took lace. 45 united states senators and scores of legal experts did not believe this process was constitutional. secondly, you have constituents, and a lot of the senators, i can't speak to their motives on how they voted, but you look at the residencies and the states they come from, and they have constituents webb stood by former president trump through thick and thin. many of the senators said that

his refusal to concede the election and his comments made on january 6th were unbecoming of a sitting united states president, but they saw this as an unconstitutional exercise, and they voted accordingly. >> the senate held the vote on that, and it was decided it was constitutional, which kind of weakens that argument . in terms of standing by the president, he's not the president anymore. what are the risks to the parties going forward, maintaining that fealty to one man, especially now that he's out of office? isn't that a pretty extraordinary eggs in one basket the choice for the party? >> we need to be careful not to fall into the trap of the cult of personality . democrats have had their problems with cult of personality in the past. we are in the midst of one right now nationally, at the federal level . republicans are struggling with that. i think moving forward, we have to recognize that donald trump

was successful in 2016, he was successful in getting a republican majority in the senate in 2018, but he was unsuccessful in 2020, and that's largely because people were turned off by his personality and some of his antics come particularly in social media, but republicans on the ballot still did better than expected, better than the prognosticators predicted. voters were able to separate republican policies, traditional put republican policies from a personality they did not like. having said that, moving forward, we still need to couple that passion and energy that truck supporters brought to the party with the traditional policies working in state capitals across this country to advance the conservative movement forward. >> to the point you just made with the election, republicans did do well down ballot . the president did not, which brings me back to this point of why they seem so afraid of him.

he lost, and there is that hard- core base, but it's not a big enough base to win an election, as we have seen, so why stick with him at all? why not take this opportunity to move past the trump party? >> you know, politics is interesting. we have a very perverse incentive structure in how we incentivize behavior in the part of political officials. terminals get more strikes and politicians it seems . criminals get three strikes before they are out, policies politicians get a single strike before they are out . but when these republican senators support donald trump, they hear cheers from their constituents. they are incentivized by that support and that positive outcry that they are getting, but to your point, we do need

to move away from that cult of personality. i think we would be best served if former president trump took a backseat. he should still be involved behind the scenes . present president bush was involved behind the scenes, his father before he passed away was involved behind the scenes, but having donald trump front and center will not help a party that is a turn to page not just for one presidency to the next candidacy to, 2024, but turn the page generally chellie and start reaching out to younger americans to ensure the party can thrive for years to come. >> thanks so much . really appreciate your time. the latest on the pandemic in a moment, and even some reasons for optimism for the u.s. and europe . we will show you that and much more, coming up .

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the u.s. is now averaging less than 100,000 new covid-19 cases per day. that's looking at data from johns hopkins university. the last time this happened was back on election day in november. think about that. here's another encouraging sign . the u.s. centers for disease control said saturday that more than 50 million vaccine doses have now been administered. that is about 2 million more doses compared to the previous day, and the new forecast estimates the number of americans who will lose their lives to the virus by june 1st may be less than previously thought. the estimate has gone down from 630,000 to 615,000. another positive sign . the institute behind that forecast says the recent pickup in vaccinations, that's got a lot to do with that. of course, it goes without saying there are many, many

challenges left, even though the u.s. does seem headed to the right direction . california is expanding the list of those who qualify for a coronavirus shot , while facing the vaccine shortage . >> reporter: the major development in california is expanding the vaccine list . on march 15, people with serious health conditions will be added to the list. that include someone for example who's been an organ transit recipient or has severe heart issues or women will be added to that list on march 15th. but what do you do when the vaccine distribution has been so scattershot? look at dodger stadium this weekend. this is a major vaccine site in los angeles. it is shut down. they don't expect to get up and running until tuesday or wednesday, and this is all because of this vaccine shortage that the mayor corsetti has called and even and unacceptable. that is a grill number of whole . cal state los angeles. this is one of joe biden's 100

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important metro hub, as well as a bus station hub, so they think many people who could not drive to the site will be able to walk up and get there important covid-19 vaccination shot. now, back to you. >> now, the united kingdom prime minister said he is optimistic he will be able to ease lockdown to a. >> reporter: confirmations expected imminently, that the uk has met the first goal of its mass vaccination program . the speed and scale of this rollout has been unprecedented . this first goal was ambitious . by monday, offering around 15 million the most vulnerable people across the uk a first dose of a vaccine. that includes everyone aged over 70, all health and home

care staff, and everyone deemed to be extremely clinically vulnerable . officials say take-up of the vaccine has been very high. more than 9 out of 10 people have accepted a vaccine when offered. the expert committee on vaccines of the take-up typically among health care staff has been low, around 66%. prime minister boris johnson said he's feeling cautiously optimistic about being able to live lockdown restrictions and eventually making covid-19 a manageable disease. >> i do think that in due time, it will become something we simply live with. some people will be more vulnerable than others. that's inevitable . >> reporter: monday mike the implementation of another key government policy. anyone arriving here from a list of 33 high risk countries must submit compulsory hotel quarantine with one day left to prepare for this, the airport

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right now thousands of protesters marching in myanmar, but after nine days of public outrage over the coup nearly two weeks ago, military leaders are losing patience. they've issued arrest warrants for seven high-profile protest supporters, accusing them of disturbing public order. the united nations says it is concerned by the military's arbitrary detentions, arrests and violence. ivan watson is tracking all of this for us from hong kong. i mean have the burmese people heard directly from those who carried out the coup from the military? >> reporter: sure. the military has kept the

military-owned tv stations on air while restricting broadcasts of privately-owned, independent television networks that do news. and it has been putting out statements. interestingly, the military has continued to put out statements on the military's facebook pages, even though the same military dictatorship has effectively banned facebook, instagram and twitter. it is still using this as a mode of communication with the outside world. so there's a bit of a contradiction there. there was a shutdown of the internet across the country last weekend, but after a two-day period it was turned back on. so you really do have competing narratives taking place. the military, which has the monopoly on -- largely on weapons and the levers of government, and then this street movement that has been unfolding

in cities and towns across the country and has been protesting for nine straight days since the military coup on february 1st. michael. >> and i guess, you know, the international condemnation of the military for what has happened, it has been widespread. it has been daily. but ultimately does it mean anything? will it make any difference? >> reporter: well, you know, that is this discussion here because you do have some foreign companies like japan's brewerie that have announced they're going to end joint ventures with companies in myanmar that have strong ties to the military. you have the u.s. president, joe biden, announcing that he's going to stop the military government's ability to tap some $1 billion in assets in the u.s. but in the same breath everybody knows that prior to the opening up that myanmar has seen over the last ten years that it was largely ruled by a military

dictatorship for nearly half a century, and for most of that period that dictatorship was internationally isolated and it continued to survive while the rest of the country and the populace was kind of kept in the dark from the outside world and limited from opportunities to grow economically. so real questions about whether the military wants to go into another period of international isolation like that and what impact that could have on the broader population. >> yeah. meanwhile, i mean is there any word on the status of aung san suu kyi? i mean the level of -- you know, she lost some international support. she still has huge internal support on the streets, but do we know, you know, where she is, how she is, any communication? >> reporter: no, she is not being able to broadcast to her supporters who many of them are out on the streets, you know, waving portraits of her. meanwhile, we are hearing more and more arrests of top

officials in her national league for democracy. largely these arrests seem to be taking place at night and raids of the offices of that political party as well. an interesting kind of rhythm that's developing where you have kind of street protests during the day, and at night the demonstrators get off the streets, and then at night, around 8:00 at night eyewitnesses in yangon, that's the commercial capital, that everybody engages in banging of pots and pans. again, it is a test of wills between these two sides, and the military has largely, with the exception of the armed rebel groups in the ethnic, kind of border areas, the monopoly on the use of force. michael. >> a great analysis. good to have you on the story, ivan. ivan watson there in hong kong. i'm michael holmes. don't go anywhere. the "cnn newsroom" continues in a moment. i will see you on the other side.

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