contempt of congress charges were politically motivated. proceedings began after the judge denied a defense request for a delay. last week he rejected executive privilege leading one defense attorney to ask, what s the point of going to trial if there are no defenses, to which the judge replied, agreed. this is the same steve bannon who promised as he made his first court appearance to make this the misdemeanor from hell. the same steve bannon who as he recently offered to appear live before the select committee expressed contempt for the members and tried to set conditions for his testimony. here is what i need. give me a date, a time, a room number, a microphone and a bible that i can take the oath on. deliver that. we will see how good you are, raskin and cheney. serve it up. surprised he isn t speaking about himself in the third person. when people view themselves as important, they reach peak pomposity and do that. to get a subpoena means you appear. there s no optio
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in 2018 by just three. the former west virginia university football player and ex-governor, manchin won his first race in 2010 after vowing to literally shoot down his party s climate change bill. i ll take dead aim at the cap and trade bill. because it s bad for west virginia. reporter: moderates say he is reining in the party s ex treatments, broken an infrastructure package and a gun violence bill that biden signed into law. are you happy? i am happy he moderates many a times. he is with us 70, 75, 08%. time. nobody agrees with everybody 100% of the time. reporter: he along with kyrsten sinema refused to change filibuster rules, he has become a gop trlg darling. would you support him if he ran in 2024? absolutely. reporter: how helpful has he been to republicans in the 50 senate? i think helpful to the country. reporter: some say he should
i never strung anybody along. i was the first one to raise the a alarm on inflation. i m worried about the person who can t feed their family. so i m sorry if they don t care about that, i do. reporter: manchin who lives on a 65-foot boat while in des has ben criticized as he has been fitted from nearly $1 million from campaign donations from the oil and gas industry, he has financial holdings between $1 million and $5 million in a coal business he founded. but he says that has nothing to do with his positions. you say personal ties to the coal industry you know what, everyone has a job, everyone has made a living or tried to make a living, provide for their family. if they want to criticize that and looking for some reason, the bottom line is inflation. reporter: the reality, manchin is a rare democrat from a state that donald trump carried by nearly 40 points. but manchin only winning re-election in 2018 by just three. the former west virginia university football player and