that, you outsource it to the person accused, then you hand over the administration of justice, you say this person, you have to make a decisions independent of fear or favor. asawin suebsaneng and olivia nuzzi, great to have you both, thank you very much. coming up, eight months after he was charged with criminal contempt, the trial of steve bannon finally began today. we ll explain what happened in court, and while he is following the trump playbook of running out the clock, next. running out the clock, next. 80% of couples sleep too hot or too cold. save 40% on the sleep number 360 special edition smart bed queen now only $1,499.
about who s up alone and whether he will testify. one is that he wants to come, clean and he was just waiting for that is to subpoena, him to give him a kind of cover for trump loyalists, maybe partially in the context of these threats that we ve been hearing, some other witnesses have received. i think if isabelle o neil really wanted to come clean, he would ve done that long ago. real pictures don t need a subpoena from congress to tell the truth i don t think he ll continue to test these bogus claims. he has no attorney client privilege because trump wasn t his client, the office of the white house wa his client he does have a more credible executive privilege. more than someone like steve bannon, who wasn t even working in the white house on january 6th. so i think what cipollone is likely to do, is the trump think of running out the clock.
house was his clients he does have a more credible executive privilege claim than somebody like steve bannon, who wasn t working in the white house on january six so i think what cipollone is likely to do, is the trump thing of running out the clock. all he has to do is litigate until the midterm elections, and at that point it s likely to go away or be defanged by republicans if they take over the house. john, deemed the white house counsel to nixon whatever a republican lawyer in washington, knows is that john dean had no career left in republican politics and republican circles after he testified against president nixon. that is true, he was also disbarred because, and we talked about cassidy hutchinson.
and re-passing maps of the state court has made clear are unconstitutional, in a hopes of running out the clock. but we will wait and see, the supreme state court will have the last word on that. in the case of florida, you have the timeline here, and this will get a field. again, it seems pretty clear clear, right? if you take a majority minority district, an african american district away, in a state that is not seen a significant decline in a population. you have clearly done something that is pretty violated the basic thrust of what we have post voting rights act standards for how to re-district. i guess the question is, how much faith do you have in the state court in florida to do the right thing here, given that the trial judge was also desantis appointed? yeah, so look. with the florida constitution says is that you cannot reduce minority voting opportunities to elect. there is no dispute on the facts, there was a district
out, they are in defiance of a court order of the state supreme court. we will see whether or not that court takes action on the motions to hold the state officials in contempt, or not. because it s really outrageous. what s happened in ohio is that the states court struck down the map, the state republicans are simply ignoring that by acting in bad faith, by passing and re-passing maps of the state court has made clear are unconstitutional, in a hopes of running out the clock. but we will wait and see, the supreme state court will have the last word on that. in the case of florida, you have the timeline here, and this will get a field. again, it seems pretty clear clear, right? if you take a majority minority district, an african american district away, in a state that is not seen a significant decline in a population. you have clearly done something that is pretty violated the basic thrust of what we have post voting rights act standards for how to re-district. i guess the