About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of a DOJ fund for January 6 defendants and its connection to historical reparations efforts by Native nations.

The DOJ created a $1.776 billion fund to compensate January 6 defendants. The fund may not survive, but the federal redress system it was reaching into — built by Native nations over generations — is still intact. So today on Code Switch: who counts as having been harmed by the state? See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

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Host: Code Switch

Topics covered

• reparations
• compensation
• state harm
• federal redress
• January 6 defendants

Keywords

• reparations
• DOJ
• January 6
• compensation
• Native nations
• state harm
• federal redress

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Organizations: DOJ, Native nations

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