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
outside the courtroom and try to defend trump or put his arm around trump. two things i didn t say. i didn t see bannon fighting back vehemently on the street. i didn t see any of trump or trump s people coming to his aid, either. so it was very telling to me the distance that still remains, at least publicly, between these two entities, trump world and steve bannon. even though we do believe that there is some sort of level of communication or wink and nod communication, should trump run again. i m sure bannon will be behind it. but it is telling to me that there is public distance between trump and bannon at this point. skand jeffrey, what about th claim of a bulletproof appeal from bannon s counsel, who s basing that on the idea that bannon was doing this to defy the subpoena, on advice of counsel. and that wasn t allowed to be submitted. is that something that can be appealed? no. i don t think so. i think that you know, it s