garland appointed a special prosecutor to look into it. well, today we got the results of the investigation in a report. the special counsel will not seek criminal charges against president biden. so if you re in a fantasy league for presidential indictments, it s still, trump, 91. every other president ever, 0. you got that? clean that up. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, february 9th. good to have joe, willie and me here together. along with us, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. nbc news national affairs analyst john heilemann. former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor chuck rosenberg. and nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian is with us this morning. we have a lot going on. we ll start with the special counsel investigating president biden for his handling of classified documents will not bring charges against the president. that s the conclusion. he wrote in the report, wrot
refused to talk about his role when loftily subpoenaed, he awaits sentencing. cnn s katelyn polantz was in the courtroom and joins us now. walk us through what happened in court today and how bannon reacted when the verdict was read? well, john, as steve bannon moved around the courthouse today, on the grounds in the courtroom, he appeared to be very much himself. he was smiling throughout the day, right before the verdict came down, when the jury came back in, he was waiting, on his phone, what appeared to be looking at social media, thanking his lawyers, patting them on the back. but then when the jury came in to deliver their verdict, they came in about two and a half hours after they started. when they came in, steve bannon didn t show a lot of emotion. he smirked a little bit. he nodded, as the judge thanked the jury. but ultimately, he wasn t really that reactive in court. and the jury had bought what the prosecution was arguing. that this was like a parking ticket, t
now the man who cannot stop talking about overturning the election to his listeners, but refused to talk about his role when loftily subpoenaed, he awaits sentencing. cnn s katelyn polantz was in the courtroom and joins us now. walk us through what happened in court today and how bannon reacted when the verdict was read? well, john, as steve bannon moved around the courthouse today, on the grounds in the courtroom, he appeared to be very much himself. he was smiling throughout the day, right before the verdict came down, when the jury came back in, he was waiting, on his phone, what appeared to be looking at social media, thanking his lawyers, patting them on the back. but then when the jury came in to deliver their verdict, they came in about two and a half hours after they started. when they came in, steve bannon didn t show a lot of emotion. he smirked a little bit. he nodded, as the judge thanked the jury. but ultimately, he wasn t really that reactive in court. and the
prosecution was arguing. that this was like a parking ticket, that steve bannon needed to have paid when he got this subpoena from the house committee. he got the subpoena, he should have turned over documents or showed up for testimony. he did not. he did not have the proper excuses. that said, steve bannon then exited the court and here s what he said on the steps of the courthouse. we may have lost a battle here today, but we re not going to lose this war. in the closing argument, the prosecutor missed one very important phrase, right? i stand with trump and the constitution. and i will never back off that, ever. now, those words, i stand with donald trump, that s actually a piece of evidence that came into this trial that the prosecution presented, that he had been saying that when he was refusing to comply with this subpoena, john. so what is the january 6th committee now saying about this conviction? reporter: well, john, this really is a conviction that
to have paid when he got this subpoena from the house committee. he got the subpoena, he should have turned over documents or showed up for testimony. he did not. he did not have the proper excuses. that said, steve bannon then exited the court and here s what he said on the steps of the court courthouse. we may have lost a battle here today, but we re not going to lose this war. in the closing argument, the prosecutor missed one very important phrase, right? i stand with trump and the constitution. and i will never back off that, ever. now, those words, i stand with donald trump, that s actually a piece of evidence that came into this trial that the prosecution presented, that he had been saying that when he was refusing to comply with this subpoena, john. so what is the january 6th committee now saying about this conviction? reporter: well, john, this really is a conviction that underlines the power of congress, their ability to issue