legal news. it is the first conviction of anyone for defying the house january 6 committee as well. we have experts about to join us who were inside the courtroom . this is a major deal. prosecutors basically made may have won their case that steve bannon hid insurrection evidence by refusing to show up or testify or provide documents requested under that lawful subpoena. mr. bannon faces up to two years in prison in a precedent- making a victory. for the justice department and the house, we have a lot to get to. a lot of angles. we go right into the breaking news to the people who know it best. armor federal prosecutor john flannery has dealt with exactly these kind of cases and has been counsel to three confessional crannies congressional committees. josh gerstein has been covering the story. he is out side the courthouse. josh, tell us how this news came down and what it means. well ari, good to see you. deliberations were very short in this case. the trial was pretty
post-roe society, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. it s good to be back here, we have got a lot to cover. it has been exactly three weeks, three weeks since the faa searched donald trump s florida home, and tonight we know the justice department has completed its review of all of the documents that were seized by the fbi. doj lawyers say a limited number of the items recovered potentially contain attorney client privileged information. the judge is now considering a request from trump s legal team to now appoint a neutral special master to see if any documents are covered by executive privilege. over the weekend, judge alene cannon, a trump appointee, signaled preliminary support for a third party to review the cover documents, our own kelly o donnell has more. today, the doj told the court that the initial sorting of documents has already been completed. the trump team pushed back. we had a lot of proble
quisling. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. hle starts now tonight, the justice department tells a judge it has reviewed all the documents recovered at mar-a-lago, as pressure to indict the former guy weighs on the attorney general. and, while republicans predict violent fallout from the potential prosecution of the former guy, democrats are unveiling a bold new strategy pushing back at critics of their latest policies. plus, the economic impact of abortion bans across the country, and burdens women are facing while trying to get reproductive care. the current reality of our post-roe society, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. it s good to be back here, we have got a lot to cover. it has been exactly three weeks, three weeks since the faa searched donald trump s florida home, and tonight we know the justice department has completed its review of all of the documents that were seized by the fbi. doj l
the only thing that will stop iran is knowing that, if they continue to develop their nuclear program, the free world will use force. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome and will continue to work with israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region. all of this ahead of the president s controversial trip to saudi arabia next, a visit opposed by human rights groups, but aimed at fostering closer ties between the saudis and israel. here at home, nbc news has learned a member of the trump white house support staff is the key witness referenced in vice chair liz cheney s warning about possible witness tampering by the former president himself. that comes as the january 6th committee is preparing for a primetime hearing next week, a week from today, graphically illustrating president trump s refusal to take action during the riot and in fact goading the mob on with a tweet slamming his own vice president. when he tweet
the panel considers the new testimony and new evidence from trump world insiders and tuesday s hearing is all set to go ahead and we are waiting for news on a new list of witnesses that will take the mic tomorrow morning in addition to one we already know, the spokesperson for the far right militia group , the oath keepers with some new exclusive reporting on that group coming to you as well. we are learning about just who founder stewart rhodes was trying to get in touch with just before the insurrection and what the house committee wants to know. plus, what the white house is now telling our team about whether president biden will declare a public health emergency. that report just coming in as well. we have a lot going on this hour. welcome, good to see you. 3:00 p.m. here on the east coast. joining me now is scott wong. justice reporter is ryan riley. also anna palmer as well. ryan, let me start with you as we are getting this news in, 2 1/2 hours it seems of evidence pre