i m craig melvin. and i m natalie morales and this is dateline. i felt like this was the on that i have been waiting for maybe it was too good to b true oh. did he love me or was this all a game a beautiful businesswoman falls for a dashing doctor but her daughters have doubts. i had lots of suspicions. she thinks his fingernail are dirty. this knit does not look to her like the hands of an actua doctor who was this guy? his nickname was dirty john . this woman knew him all too well i started snooping and found everything this reporter made some unnerving discoveries too. he scared a lot of people he swindled a lot of people. the story of his dirty deed riveted the nation in a hi podcast. this is dirty john . but dirty was about to turn dark he s got duct tape, he s go all the tools ready to kidna her. will this mom and her daughters learn the truth in time she was in a panic. she said, i saw john outside i a car. a story ending in sa
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
thought, just suck it up it christmas. have fun instead she felt that man had come and usurped something yes something yes not only stolen their christmas, not the daughters but both of them worried he wa stealing there too trustin mother taking advantage of her. she just let him drive her car why would he need to wasn t he a prosperous doctor, and anesthesiologist, couldn t he afford a car? well, there is a reason, debra told them. while john was in iraq working with doctors without borders he was robbed. his house, his clothes, his cars, he was working wit insurance company getting th claim. so, i let him borrow my car. john would get all his mone back soon enough, said debra didn t wash with terra sounded like a shaggy dog tale at that time, i had lots of suspicions that s when she and her sister decided to do som snooping she bought these trackers for cars and she went and pu one on my mom s tesla, so sh found out where john was going where was he going? he
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
fair. you have to be careful with regulationme regulation. we showed why they might not be up yet to getting all of this done in a regular way. facebook like much of the valley is misleading when they dlam th claim they are open to all of this. it is how they fought to things as basic as disclosures. you see one on tv and you know it s an ad. on facebook you off don t. it opens the door to a lot more abuse. the biggest thing is the dialogue. it started under oath and it has to continue. reports that donald trump is in a full me i will ask the top senate democrat about it next. because each day she chooses to take the stairs.