the capitol riot. this afternoon a jury in washington found the political advisor turned broadcaster guilty of two counts of contempt of congress. those charges are the result of his refusal to comply with a january 6th committee subpoena. the verdict came hours after the committee s primetime hearing that saw white house insiders paint a damning portrait of a president choosing to allow a deadly insurrection to rage unchecked. tonight, the panel called today s bannon verdict, quote, a victory for the rule of law and an important affirmation of the select committees work. despite the guilty verdict, bannon and his lawyer remain defiant after the jury s decision. the prosecutor missed one very important phrase, right? i stand with trump and the constitution. and i will never back off that. ever. this is round one. that s what happened. yeah. this is a bulletproof appeal. you will see this case reversed on appeal. as bannon awaits his sentencing on october 21st, the
but how much does a pence endorsed meant versus a trump endorsement matter to voters? what are you hearing? alicia, i had actually been talking to advisers to karrin taylor robson for the last several months here and there were conversations in which there were questions would a mike pence endorsement be helpful here in the state of arizona among republican voters? ultimately, about 11 days here, before the august 2nd primary, the former vice president showed up alongside karrin taylor robson but also governor doug do you see, outgoing governor, who of course, caught the scorn of downtown 20 certified joe biden s election win here in the state of arizona. i think it was telling, right after pence exited the campaign trail here and shortly before trump flew in before this rally taking place right now, pence put out a tweet. he has been hesitant to go toe to toe with trump on the campaign trail. in fact, today is the first time he is really done so.
hatred for the media and so they get driven back to his arms. so, will not happen again after these hearings were off? i think that s an open question. but i do think it s real right now, where there is a moment, and i think it s true that mike pence is getting out there and trying to test the water to see if he can pull some of these people away. personally, i would like to see him try a little harder. i think that if we ve learned from last six years, it s like, you need to seize on these moments to try to hurt downtown to try to take him on. you know, mike pence had that tweet that vaughn mention. but it s in the passive voice. he doesn t even mention trump s name. i would like to see pence testify in front of the 1/6 committee and try to put a stake through his heart. that may hurt pence in the long term but it would help the republican party in the long term and unfortunately judges haven t been any courageous for robert leaders willing to do that and mike pence is sort of the