I am posting this because the interview is controversial and does appear to be coercive in the sense that the agents want Hopkins to recant or downplay his original testimony.
I posted this video yesterday and then took it down after watching more of it because it’s long and probably not going to have much bearing on the election. Reposting this morning under the tag “unique voices” because the video does reveal how an interview with potential national repercussions can be conducted.
Here is a Twitter thread that has a good discussion in more detail:
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