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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Film offers inside look at Roger Stone’s ‘Stop the Steal’ efforts before January 6

Roger Stone departs the  courthouse after being sentenced to 40 months in prison in February 2020.
Roger Stone departs the courthouse after being sentenced to 40 months in prison in February 2020. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA

Weeks before the Capitol attack, top Republican political activists Roger Stone and Ali Alexander identified the January 6 congressional certification as the final chance for Donald Trump to attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The focus on the congressional certification, according to sources familiar with the matter, was one of several areas they marked as potential flashpoints to exploit as leaders of the “Stop the Steal” movement to help Trump reverse his defeat to Joe Biden.

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