not a word from the craziest among them, silence from marjorie taylor greene, silence from kevin mccarthy who, in fact, knows just how bad donald trump really is. he did not try to say a word about donald trump s defense today. the justice department did what previously had been the impossible. they shot up lindsey graham. they up marco rubio. they shut up marjorie taylor greene. it was a very bad day for donald trump today, whose life seems steadily on course for a much worse days and much more silence from his lambs, as the evidence continues to mount against him. joining us now is claire mccaskill, former democratic senator of missouri. and indeed log, chair of the african american studies at princeton university, and host of the podcast history of us. they are both msnbc political analysis.
this strikes me as a guy who really thinks he could talk his way out of every situation. who puts on a real error of performed toughness, but i think he s really looking at jail time now. yeah, i mean, it s kind of remarkable. it s a huge come down for bannon. you know, we started this process last october, when he was hit with a subpoena, vowing to go medieval on his enemies, that was his quote. he said he would make it a misdemeanor from hell for the biden administration. but he wound up not even taking the stand in his own defense today, and a wound up with two guilty charges. so, i think it shows the bubble that he s been living in for the past six months, where you know, all the misinformation, all the kinds of things he has been propagating, i think he s sort of a drag his own kool-aid in the end, and didn t understand, or didn t want to face the fact that he is in a court of law and that sort of
yeah, i mean, it s kind of remarkable. it s a huge come down for bannon. you know, we started this process last october, when he was hit with a subpoena, vowing to go medieval on his enemies, that was his quote. he said he would make it a misdemeanor from hell for the biden administration. but he wound up not even taking the stand in his own defense today, and a wound up with two guilty charges. so, i think it shows the bubble that he s been living in for the past six months, where you know, all the misinformation, all the kinds of things he has been propagating, i think he s sort of a drag his own kool-aid in the end, and didn t understand, or didn t want to face the fact that he is in a court of law and that sort of think isn t a fly, and the judge made that clear, the jury made that clear. he also, i mean, last time they played some sound of him talking to a crowd that was uncovered by mother jones, telling that trump is gonna declare victory, and then, if
all 16 electors and we re going to be here and going to check in. they re already here. but these are the rest of the elects or the. i understand. captain, the electors are also the the gop electors are also on the governor s certificate. i m not going get into a political debate. it s the official sealed document. there is a certificate. they also have electors here and trying to do their constitutional duty. we have new developments on two trials we ever been following from the very beginning. in minnesota, the first ever testimony from one of the ex-officers in the george boyd case. one of three officers who is charged with violating george floyd s civil rights taking the stand in his own defense today, testifying he was, quote, generally able to see the other officers handling floyd and that he saw chauvin s knee on floyd s neck. that as in georgia the prosecution calls its first
reporter: during that traffic stop, wright struggled with officers who were attempting to apprehend him after discovering an outstanding warrant for his arrest. potter pulling out a firearm. taser! taser! reporter: realizing she had shot wright as the car drove off. i just shot him. reporter: the defense today placed the blame on wright, saying all he had to do was stop and he d still be here. the prosecution arguing, as a veteran of the police officer force, potter should have known the difference between her taser and gun. potter is expected to take the stand in her own defense next week. david? all right, stephanie ramos from minneapolis. thank you, stephanie. we turn next tonight to a story that horrified the nation. scott peterson was back in court today and so was the family of lacy peterson, watching it all again. it was a resentencing hearing after the murder case nearly 20 years ago. scott peterson, you ll remember, convicted in the killing of his pregnant wife l