eyes are on even though we re, what, a little less than two years away from the election yeah, and vaughn, turning to other potential 2024 contenders, former vice president mike pence accused trump of endangering his family because of his role in the january 6th attacks. pence said this at the gridiron dinner where there were no cameras. do you expect pence to say anything like that on camera reporter: you know, it s a good question, jose. mike pence s remarks over the course of this weekend were the harshest criticism saying history will hold donald trump accountable for his actions ahead of january 6th at the same time, january 6th, 2021 was more than two years ago. mike pence has had the opportunity himself to hold donald trump accountable for the alleged actions ahead of january 6th and on that day, but instead, right now in the court of law, he is fighting the subpoena from the special
district attorney assistant director david halls, has already signed a plea geelt for the charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon. he will serve a suspended sentence and six months of probation. in a recent statement, the special prosecutor appointed by the d.a. to the case says quote the evidence shows a pattern of disregard for safety on the set of rust. if any one of these three people had done their job halyna hutchens would still be alive today. it is that simple. joining me from santa fe is nbc s vaughn hillyard. so vaughn, what could baldwin be facing in terms of a fine or prison time? reporter: you re looking on the one count of involuntary manslaughter, katy, up to 18 months in prison but if he were to be found guilty by this jury on that second count of involuntary manslaughter, which that count is enhanced by the fact that he was carrying that firearm and is the one who discharged it, it could be punishable by a mandatory minimum of five years prison
plus, any minute, the white house getting ready for you name it, inevitably nor questions on how president biden handled classified documents, as we learn more about which republicans on congress will be on the front line of the house investigations. i m hallie jackson in washington. good to be with you this afternoon. i want to welcome vaughn hillyard posted up in new mexico for us and msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. so vaughn, in 30 minutes, we expect to see solomon men pena, this losing gop candidate who police say is the master behind of the plot 20 go after the democratic officials, in court your for the first time. walk us through what you expect and i know you have been able to speak with one of the fishes targeted. the hearing is about to begin 30 minutes from now in albuquerque and this to note this is a virtual hearing between the courthouse and the jail about 20 miles where we re standing right now, where solomon pena is being held here
to sideline him in his 2024 presidential bid. joining me now nbc s vaughn hillyard outside mar-a-lago in west palm beach. so vaughn, let s go through the numbers here. it s been 35 days since donald trump launched his campaign. he s held zero events. his polling numbers are low, a quinnipiac poll shows his favorability 31%, and now there are four criminal referrals. what is it like inside donald trump s world right now? reporter: it s quiet inside of mar-a-lago, the private estate or the private golf club or the private club i should say where he has only left twice since launching that presidential bid and as you said, at no public events. for donald trump, just to give you an idea where his mind is at, he just posted in the last hour, quote, in addition to everything else our government through the fbi rigged the 2020 presidential election. so if you were looking for somebody who was potentially going to try to deny a lot of what the january 6th select
voting for, and at the same, time turn out democrats in the numbers needed. whether it be on the abortion issue, or whether it be on the threats of democracy issue, here, that they have a way to make a crack at kari lake. and frankly, mark kelly is continue to have a crowd appeal to the electorate here. and the down ballot cans are not able to appeal to a broad swath of electors, in the same way that kari lake has been able to. yes, interesting dynamic, there can lake not won a lot of folks were predicting coming out of that primary. vaughn hillyard, they re in phoenix, thank you, i appreciate that report! and staying in arizona, staying in maricopa county, staying in phoenix, nbc news news anchor ali velshi in phoenix! he has spent the day talking to arizona voters, ali, thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. so vaughn was is giving us the lay of the land here, the governor senate race there. i am curious, what are you picking up on the ground from folks in arizona? well th