condition as he recovers from covid. dr. anthony fauci is standing by live. we will discuss. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the guilty verdict in steve bannon s criminal contempt trial. the former top trump adviser convicted on two counts of contempt of congress for defying the january 6th committee s subpoena. cnn s senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn polantz is joining us from just outside the federal courthouse here in washington. katelyn, give us the latest. reporter: well, wolf, steve bannon was convicted today, even though he had vowed this was going to be the misdemeanor from hell for the select committee. it was not that. by the end of the day, we had two criminal convictions of steve bannon. now, these were both misdemeanor charges, but congress writes the law, and when they wrote this law, they said that it would be punishable by a minimum
just to troll someone else? but that sounds like that s what s happening here. that dynamic in play is governor ron desantis of florida is coming off some big wins and his states. he is seen as an inherits of the trump throw, maybe even a usurper, how much of the timing right now, so close after election that hasn t been fully called, now is to steel rod desantis is done there? and do you think ron desantis actually cares? so i was talking to a top trump adviser last night who basically said he couldn t wait, not that he was so excited, he couldn t wait although that might also have been the case. but this person meant it as he backed himself into a corner and at this point had no choice but to announce tonight. especially after promising and threatening to announce before the midterms, well frankly, he thought much of the country like much of his party likes the democrats, a lot of the media, that it was going to be a red wave and that s he announced that night that he would be anno
usurper, how much of an election that hasn t been fully called now to steal ron desantis thunder, and do you think ron desantis actually cares? so, i was talking to a top trump adviser last night who basically said he couldn t wait. not that he was so excited. he couldn t wait, although that may have also been the case but he backed himself in a corner and at this point had no choice but to announce. in fact he thought that much of his party like the democrats and the media that it was going to be a red wave. he announced that night and he would be announcing. and then you see someone like ron desantis and we have reported that the two people who both trump finds the biggest threat and sort of the most angry with are ron desantis and actually governor glenn yunk kin
but that sounds like that s what s happening here. that dynamic in play is governor ron desantis of florida is coming off some big wins and his states. he is seen as an inherit of the trump throw, maybe even a usurper, how much of the timing right now, so close after election that hasn t been fully called, now is to steal ron desantis thunder? and do you think ron desantis actually cares? so i was talking to a top trump adviser last night who basically said he couldn t wait, not that he was so excited, he couldn t wait although that might also have been the case. but this person meant it as he backed himself into a corner and at this point had no choice but to announce tonight. especially after promising and threatening to announce before the midterms, well frankly, he thought much of the country like much of his party likes the democrats, a lot of the media, that it was going to be a red wave and that s he announced that night that he would be announcing, and then you see someone li
correspondent jonathan karl. reporter: today, jared kushner became the first member of the trump family to be questioned by the january 6th committee. kushner was a top trump adviser, but on january 6th, he was traveling from saudi arabia and didn t even go to the white house when he landed in d.c. that afternoon, telling one republican congressman back then, according to a source, we ll just get in a fight if i go over there. if you don t fight like hell, you re not going to have a country anymore. reporter: the organizers of the rally before the attack on the capitol are now part of an expanding investigation being conducted by the justice department. abc news has learned federal prosecutors are now looking beyond the rioters who stormed the capitol, seeking information, according to a subpoena reviewed by abc, quote, relating to the participation and/or coordination of any member, employee, or agent of the executive branch or the legislative branch, in the planning or execut