will receive would be 30 days in jail, at the very least. it could go up much higher than that. the justice department would like it to be quite harsh, a six-month sentence in jail. they also want bannon to be fined the maximum amount, 200,000, because wherever the court was doing their proceedings to try to figure out how much he could pay financially, he said, charge me the most. i was convicted, charge me the most. i m not giving you my private, financial information. that s what the justice department wants. they also want punishment for bannon s bayer. the trial was very simple. it was about, did he show up or did he not, wherever he was subpoenaed. today is about how he has acted throughout this process of the congressional proceedings, of the court proceedings, and the justice department writes throughout the case, the defendant has exploited his notoriety to display to the public the source of his bathe refusal to comply with the committee s subpoena. a total disregar
committee, and while the subpoena was expected, it is the committee s most aggressive step yet. it could result in an epic legal battle which frankly is also anticipated. the panel is asking for phone calls, texts, videos from the former president relating to the attack on the u.s. capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. it s also demanding trump testify under oath on november 14th. in a letter accompanying the subpoena, the panel said this. as demonstrated in our hearing, we have assembled overwhelming evidence including from dozens of your former appointees and staff that you personally orchestrated and oversaw a multipart effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and to obstruct the peaceful transition of power. cnn s senior crime and justice reporter joins us now. the january 6th committee making it clear that they see trump as the central figure of this effort. reporter: exactly, victor. the center of everything. that is what this cover letter and
we are live in the cnn newsroom, i m jim acosta in washington. it s the final days before the midterm elections, today is down to 16 if you are counting. president joe biden is planning a rare stop to stump for democrats in florida. the president has kept a relatively low profile on the campaign trail this season as his party fights to win a few crucial races in several swing states, a prominent senator was on cnn earlier this morning warning that democrats need a messaging shift. is the abortion issue important? yes. but we have also got to focus on the struggles of working people to put food on their table. i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting democratic. and i think, again, what democrats have got to do is contrast their economic plan with the republicans. and cnn s joe johns joins me now from delaware where the president is spending his weekend. joe, you ve covered these stretches many times before, w
thank you for joining me tonight. coverage continues with laura coates. i ll take it on a friday night. one per customer. apologize. i m not trick-or-treating at your house. one piece of candy for each kid. oh, no, no. you hand it all out? yes, i don t want it in the house afterwards because i ll eat it all. i m always like one piece kid and not the one i want. take 20 so i don t eat them, yes. okay. well, go to jake tapper s house, not laura coates. you get one piece of candy and probably black accolicorice. you probably give apples. i ve given toothbrushes from time to time. nice. good evening, thanks. i m laura coates. we re going to have a panelists from across the spectrum and they re on the screen right now. here is a really provocative question that we ve been tackling tonight. here it is. so what if the 2020 midterms are a repeat of 2020? it sounds like a very interesting proposition, maybe a scary one for a lot of people but what if electi
and not the one i want. take 20 so i don t eat them, yes. okay. well, go to jake tapper s house, not laura coates. you get one piece of candy and probably black licorice. you probably give apples. i ve given toothbrushes from time to time. i have. not just kidding i give full cans of sodas, too. the parents hate me. nice. this is cnn tonight. i m laura coates. as i mentioned allison is on assignment. we re going to have a panelists from across the spectrum and they re on the screen right now. here is a really provocative question that we re going to tackle tonight. here it is. so what if the 2020 midterms are a repeat of 2020? i know it sounds like a very interesting proposition, maybe a scary one for a lot of people. but what if election deniers are refusing to accept results? i m not saying january 6th happens again but what might be the consequences of that? i ll talk to the master pollster who is scared to death what will happen and plus, the january 6th com