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US airman arrested at Capitol after calling for Trump’s impeachment is detained again

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CNN By Kaanita Iyer, Francesca Giuliani Hoffman, CNN (CNN) — Jason Watson, the US service member who was arrested on the steps of the US Capitol last month after calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, has been detained once again — just days after he criticized the president in an ex…

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    CNN By Kaanita Iyer, Francesca Giuliani Hoffman, CNN (CNN) — Jason Watson, the US service member who was arrested on the steps of the US Capitol last month after calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, has been detained once again — just days after he criticized the president in an ex…

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    Air Force Major Jason Watson—who was arrested on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building last month while calling for President Trump’s impeachment—has been arrested again. Watson was detained on Tuesday, just one day after an exclusive CNN interview in which he said the president was “violating the …

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