Interviews with political figures and news updates. Interviews with political figures and news updates. The jury that there is a third option, there is guilt, there is not guilty, and there is a hung jury. The judge declined to do that and said that if the jury were to come back again and say they remain deadlocked, the judge will ask them how many counts theyve reached a verdict on. Hell then consult with the lawyers and decide whether or not to take whats called a partial verdict which means to have the jury announce those counts to which theyve reached unanimous agreement. Now, correct me if im wrong, the trials that ive covered in the past, dan, and youre the lawyer and former prosecutor, a judge will only repeat that allen charge so many times, or else risk, you know, being overturned on appeal if it ends up being a conviction, that east putting too much pressure on a deadlocked jury. Youre exactly right, andrea. Even the judge mentioned that his objective was not to be coercive t
well with people across the aisle. do you have any republican support for your defense bill amendment that would take away the presence exclusive power over security clearances? well, this bill would simply they lay out very clearly 13 reasons that people should have their security clearance removed if they make violations. one of those violations does not include exercising your first amendment rights. i think there will be republicans that will support the amendment. i ve had a number of conversations with them. the challenge is will we actually get an amendment. the majority leader has been unwilling usually to put these amendments, even allow them to be voted on. i m hopeful and i know we ll get republican support. but whether we actually get that vote or not is something that s still up in the air. do you have any concerns the president might take away the security clearances. seems to enjoy this prerogative