floyd was no longer showing any resistance. when mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers, they could have ended their restraint. that is a significant, albeit simple moment in the trial. sometimes what s simple is important because the jury can understand it and remember it. you have the actual police supervisor for the murder defendant condemning the officer, the defendant, on the stand. this came after paramedics testified that floyd seemed to be dead when they arrived on the scene. when i arrived on the scene, there were three police officers on the individual. i thought he was dead. i kind of looked for my partner and told him i think he s dead. i want to move this out of here. okay. and i will begin care in the back. in lay terms, i thought he was dead. again, simple, clear. sad and tragic as well. but important for the jury to hear this in plain english because it is all part of the prosecution s case here. we heard from the parame
i did invoke my fifth amendment rights to every question not because i have done anything wrong. this is witch hunt. he pleaded the fifth not because he did something wrong, he says. we ll remind you what his ally, the former president, has to say about that right. taking the fifth, i think it s disgraceful. the mob takes the fifth. if you re innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? fifth amendment, fifth amendment, fifth amendment. horrible. horrible. the maga operative stone was pardoned by then-president president trump after being arrested and convicted on criminal charges related to the mueller probe. today stone refusing to answer questions about his attendance at pro-trump rallies in dc the day before the insurrection where he was seen with members of the far right terrorist group the oath keepers. also new today, alex jones deposition was postponed until tomorrow. and big news from mitch mcconnell, appearing to reverse course on the probe itself. it
the committee alleges that two of the people subpoenaed allegedly met with the expresident inside the white house on january 4th to discuss the lineup of speakers at the rally before the insurrection. one of the individuals is now a trump-backed congressional candidate in ohio. this expands the wide net cast by the committee as it investigates the causes, the events, the money, and the key figures involved in the deadly capitol insurrection and fends off a campaign by the expresident and his allies to obstruct their work. just yesterday, a stunning blow was delivered to the expresident in his toefrtd shield all of his presidential records from the select committee. it s one that may have major consequences for the other trump allies and staffers hoping to derail the probe. an appeals court rejected trump s bid to block the committee from getting their hands on his records, citing the fact that both congress and the white house agree that, quote, there is a unique legislative
it is a notable appearance from the president, touting a key pandemic recovery milestone on the day that democrats are rumbling with the familiar history of any president s party faring badly in off-year lexicon tests as well as a historic turnout on the republican side in last night s race in virginia where republican glen junk kin defeated democratic candidate terry mcauliffe, the first time a republican has won a governor s office in that state in about a dozen years. a official telling me mcauliffe got 200,000 more votes than northam and explaining that democratic voter turn out was note but we lost because gop turnout was bonkers. some of the anger on the right was stoked by terry mcauliffe s gave at the last debate where he said i don t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach. democrats forced to tackle head on the political reality of right-wing energy and enthusiasm around culture war issues, things like the teaching of race to kids and broader
house of representatives is expected to hold trump confidant steve bannon in contempt of congress and refer the matter to the justice department for prosecution. then it s up to the acting u.s. attorney in dc and ultimately the attorney general on whether to bring criminal charges against bannon. the house of representatives votes for referral of a contempt charge. the department of justice will do what it always does in such circumstances. it will apply the facts and the law and make a decision consistent with the principles of prosecution. the pressure on merrick garland will be intense. and his decision on whether to prosecute will be consequential, not only for bannon and donald trump, but also the future ability of congressional power to call witnesses, demand information and documents, and enforce subpoenas for those who refuse to cooperate. now, if history is any indicator, the doj has historically been reluctant to use its power of prosecution against witnesses fo