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menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. and tonight, steve bannon is the first of trump s close aides to be convicted as a result of investigations into the capital capitol riot. i during washington found political advisor turn podcast or guilty of two counts of contempt of congress. those charges are the result of his refusal to comply with a january 6th committee subpoena. the verdict came hours after the committee s primetime hearing that saw white house insiders paint a damning portrait of a president choosing to allow a deadly insurrection to rage unchecked. tonight, the panel called today s bannon verdict, quote, a victory for the rule of law and an important affirmation of the select committees work. despite the guilty verdict, bannon and his lawyer remain defiant after the jury s decision win. the prosecutor missed one very important phrase, right? i stand with trump and the constitution. and i will never back off that. ever. this is [inaudible] what happened. t ....
the capitol riot. this afternoon a jury in washington found the political advisor turned broadcaster guilty of two counts of contempt of congress. those charges are the result of his refusal to comply with a january 6th committee subpoena. the verdict came hours after the committee s primetime hearing that saw white house insiders paint a damning portrait of a president choosing to allow a deadly insurrection to rage unchecked. tonight, the panel called today s bannon verdict, quote, a victory for the rule of law and an important affirmation of the select committees work. despite the guilty verdict, bannon and his lawyer remain defiant after the jury s decision. the prosecutor missed one very important phrase, right? i stand with trump and the constitution. and i will never back off that. ever. this is round one. that s what happened. yeah. this is a bulletproof appeal. you will see this case reversed on appeal. as bannon awaits his sentencing on october 21s ....
school. with us, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. and special contributor mike barnicle. we begin this morning with the questions about the police response to the shooting in uvalde. some of the key details provided by texas officials in the first 48 hours after the attack have turned out to be inaccurate. here is what has changed. texas officials first said the attacker exchanged gunfire with a school resource officer before entering the school. then later said the school resource officer engaged with the attacker but did not exchange gunfire. well, yesterday, officials now said, in fact, there was no school resource officer there at all, and the killer walked into the school through an unlocked door, unobstructed, and began firing. the amount of time the gunman spent outside before entering the school also has changed. we initially were told after he shot h ....
He did not show up at the time appointed for the hearing. he did not show up, he did not produce any documents. and so his failure his complete failure to do that, i think, would belie any sort of executive privilege. the statistics say 90% of all convictions are affirmed on appeal. i see no reason why this one should follow that same route. ryan, this is all playing out as the 1/6 committee investigation continues. there s been some cooperation with the justice department. what are you watching for the weeks ahead? overall, a lot of these cases are going to grind on. i think we are going to have a bit of a pause from the january 6th committee. their next public hearings are not going to be until september. we might have some news that will dribble out before that. but meanwhile, this justice department train just keeps on chugging. it s going to continue. it s going to be a very slow process in many ways, though many would argue that, from a justice department and from a giant b ....
He was not an employee of the justice department at the time. and the thing that he did so different from everyone else is he did not show up at the time appointed for the hearing. he did not show up, he did not produce any documents. and so his failure is complete failure to do that, i think, would belie any sort of executive privilege. this is six say any sort of convictions are follow that same route. ryan, this is all playing out as the 16 1/6 committee investigation continues. there s been some cooperation in the justice department. what are you watching for the weeks ahead? overall, a lot of these cases are going to grind on. i think we are going to have a bit of a pause from the january 6th committee. their next public hearings are not going to be until september. we might have some news that will dribble out before that. but meanwhile, this justice department train just keeps on chugging. it s going to continue. it s going to be very slow process in many ways, though ....