deciding that the four leaders of the proud boys, the men who were in communication before the capitol riot talking about war, civil war, they have found those four men guilty, but this man, dominic pezzola, the fifth man, the one that prosecutors say led the charge into the capitol, breached the building, and was the key player at the tip of the spear specifically in this group trying to get the rioters to overthrow the u.s. government, he is not guilty. that said, dominic pezzola has been found guilty by this jury earlier today for several other things related to the capitol riot including assaulting police, robbery of the personal property of the police, taking that riot shield among destruction of government property, among some other charges today. but this is a split verdict, and so it is one of those things that is going to lead the defense attorneys for the other proud boys to want to argue even more. they ve argued quite a bit, and i m sure that they are planning
your, note please continue your deliberations, because it was a four-month trial that they ve only been deliberating for four days. then, the judge reminded them, they can return partial verdicts. so, if they can agree unanimously on some counts, but not others, they can deliver those verdicts. but, it wouldn t shock me if we saw a split verdict come down, in this case, were maybe they were not quite convinced beyond a reasonable doubt of the league charged, the seditious conspiracy, and they hang on that. but, they are convicted on all of the other eight count against these five defendants. that is not quite a win for the defendants, because that would mean that they were sentenced on the other eight convictions, and the prosecutors could still retry the seditious conspiracy count, in the event that the jury is hung. getting, could the proud boys trial impact any investigations around donald trump? i think that they raise an
un a believe it ll be necessary to make changes themselves. the nine most powerful people in the united states of america, is basically getting to abide by the version that they want. let s talk about a new topic. the jury in the most recent proud boys trial sounds like they are struggling to reach a verdict. can you tell us what is going on? the they sent a note out to the judge, asking the question, what happens if we cannot agree, unanimously, on one or more charges? that is not quite a hang note, it is a bit of a hang note minus one. the court said, thank you for your, note please continue your deliberations, because it was a four-month trial that they ve only been deliberating for four days. then, the judge reminded them, they can return partial verdicts. so, if they can agree unanimously on some counts, but not others, they can deliver those verdicts. but, it wouldn t shock me if we saw a split verdict come down, in this case, were maybe they were not quite convinced beyond a
narrative continued dominion needs in this case. to meet the very high bar of actual malice. that means that fox had knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard for the truth. but from the outside looking in, this seems like a case where that high bar mine actually be met. joining me now is jane kirtley, former executive director for the reporters committee for freedom of the press, and she teaches media law at the university of minnesota. jane thank you so much for being here. you re one of the few. i think who s hoping for a settlement? if i m right, how come i am hoping for a settlement and i ll tell you simply why, um, nothing good will come of this case going to the u. s supreme court. which is i is what i m afraid is going to happen, no matter who wins or who loses, and frankly, i would expect a split verdict on this case. the reason for this is we know that there are at least two supreme court justices that are