story on ballot drop boxes. the former president called him last week trying to overturn his 2020 defeat. last week as the speaker put it, i explained, it s not allowed under the constitution, adding, quote, he has a different opinion. in other words, trump may be sweating and stewing in mar-a-lago, but he is still at it. there were other warning signs today as well. rusty bowers, remember him, lifelong republican who refused to buckle to pressure from the former president and testified emotionally before the select committee. well, we learned he was just censured by the state party which declared him no longer a republican in good standing. in maryland they chose dan cox to be their republican nominee for governor. he once called on the former president to seize voting machines. he also sponsored buses to take people to the so-called stop the steal rally on january 6th and that afternoon he tweeted, mike pence is a traitor. so there s that. there s also this we got today hav
he was he he definitely, absolutely. he had involvement with the situation in georgia where they were trying to put the arm on raffensperger to find those. george, gina, thank you. appreciate it. next, prosecution resting in steve bannon s contempt of congress trial after showing the jury evidence of his defiance. we ll show you how the defense might rebutt that and what bannon is up to when we continue. whether it s wildfires, falling water levels, misery. we ll bring you the latest in what is now a global inquiry. when you have technologygy that s easier to control. that can scale across alall your clouds. we got that right? yeah, we got that. it s easier to be an innovator.
officer kim potter have begun laying out their case, calling their first witness on thursday. a use of force expert testified it was reasonable for potter to pull what she thought was her taser on daunte wright, directly contradicting prosecution witness who testified a day before. cnn s josh campbell has the latest for you. your honor, the state rests. reporter: the prosecution resting thursday morning in the manslaughter trial of former officer kim potter. i shot him, oh, my god! reporter: who shot and killed daunte wright after yelling taser during a traffic stop in april. the defense slamming the government s case. it s a confusing mess really. reporter: the defense witness testifying the brooklyn center police had no but to arrest daunte wright. was there an obligation in your view to arrest him, daunte
is he thought that george zimmerman was exaggerating his injuries. and so you have to take it it s an up and down thing. you think there may be some ill will on the part of the lead investigator the way he was taken off this case? i wouldn t say there s ill will. because he had mixed emotions, at the end of the day he wanted him to be charged, at least with manslaughter. so i would rest my opinion on that. darrell parks, appreciate you being with us. thanks. thank you. back with our panel. mark geragos, what are you thinking as you look forward to prosecution resting on friday and then the defense, how much longer, what do you think the defense is going to put on the stand to bolster their case? first thing, anderson, when he talks about the analysts sitting in l.a., i want you to know i m in berkeley tonight, not l.a. the second thing is, i think
craig, judge debra nelson brought up the possibility of the prosecution resting. yeah, judge nelson probably about 15 or 20 minutes ago indicated after a hearing that the state basically told her that they had every intention of resting their case today. shortly thereafter judge nelson also said that she plans to go as long as it takes today to help the state do that. of course, no court tomorrow here in sanford, florida, because of the july 4th holiday. judge nelson said basically she expects the defense to be able to start their case on friday. judge nelson also rejected a defense motion to adjourn until friday. that s how we actually kind of got to know all this stuff about the scheduling. she rejected a defense motion by don west to adjourn until friday. the defense wanted to adjourn so they could depose two additional