forward. committee members also dropping this big bit of news today, they are now considering a subpoena to compel ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas to testify. i m gonna talk to barbara, liana at or beyond demonstrations, her thoughts on what else can be done in a post-roe world. plus, it succeeded in pennsylvania, and they re trying it elsewhere. will a risky democratic strategy to help support extremists at republican primaries with the hope they ll be easier to pick off at a general election actually payoff? or is a putting democracy at risk? and we ll introduce you to a very different maga, mothers against greg abbott. launching a very personal campaign to get rid of the texas governor. that story is ahead. we want to start the with the january 6th investigation. as we played at the top there, pressure continuing to mount on the doj to prosecute former president trump and his inner circle. in the wake of trump associate steve bannon s convic
nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. firebrand former donald trump adviser steve bannon was found guilty this afternoon on two charges of criminal contempt of congress for defying subpoenas to appear before the january 6th select committee a federal prosecutor saying the defendant chose allegiance to donald trump over compliance with the law. the verdict coming less than 24 hours after a primetime session of the committee featured testimony from former white house insiders describing indifference by former president trump as deadly violence was rocking the u.s. capitol. tonight with the investigation reaching a turning point, the committee sending a strong message through steve bannon, who himself is still pushing back let s begin with pete williams reporter: just shy of three hours after getting the case, the jury came back with its verdict, guilty on two counts for refusing to provide testimony and documents to the committee investigating the capitol riot w
then i ll tell you this. it s not gonna happen like you think it s gonna happen. all i can say is strap in. steve bannon is found guilty of contempt of congress. plus, new research suggesting the january 6th hearings may be sinking in with trump supporters. new details on the criminal investigation the secret service. former senator al franken on josh hawley s sprint to safety. george conway the doj steve bannon, and this extended special edition of all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. happy friday. hope you are relaxing somewhere as you settle just tonight. the january six committee has completed its summer hearings. and the material that the committee presented was split into roughly two categories last night. there was new information, like, donald trump, for instance, who never met a camera he didn t like, showing the way the white house photographer on the sixth, so he could be in private, undocumented, doing, god knows wh
think it s gonna happen. all i can say is strap in. steve bannon is found guilty of contempt of congress. plus, new research suggesting the january 6th hearings may be sinking in with trump supporters. new details on the criminal investigation of the secret service. former senator al franken on josh hawley s sprint to safety. george conway on the doj indicting steve bannon. when this extended special edition of all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. happy friday. hope you are relaxing somewhere as you settle just tonight. the january six committee has completed its summer hearings. and the material that the committee presented was split into roughly two categories last night. there was new information, like, donald trump, for instance, who never met a camera way, shooing the way the white house photographer on the sixth, so he could be in private, undocumented, doing, god knows what, in the white house january, calling senators, appare
new york times also notes this, quote, in making her decision, the judge also denied a request by ump s lawyers to freeze the gag order for what could have been a considerably longer period. saying it can remain in effect as the federal appeals court in washington reviews it. judge chutkan s move is the latest chapter but has become a protracted legal battle between special counsel jack smith and donald trump with incredibly high stakes. at its heart is this question, will a defendant with one of if not the biggest megaphone in the world be subject to any of the same rules as any of the rest of us if we were criminal defendants in the united states? to that question judge chutkan says yes and her ruling she writes the first amendment rights of participants in criminal proceedings must yield when necessary to the orderly administration of justice. the judge also rejecting the notion that her gag order was too vague to be enforceable. pointing out that donald trump himself cl