Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon found guilty of contempt of Congress for defying Jan. 6 committee subpoena

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🗓️ 23 July 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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A federal jury reached a unanimous guilty verdict on the two contempt of Congress charges in the case against Steve Bannon, a former aide to President Trump. CNN Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin and CNN Senior Investigative Correspondent Drew Griffin discuss the verdict and what it could mean for getting cooperation from future January 6 committee hearing witnesses. Plus, the committee held their eighth hearing which revealed audio exchanges between former Vice President Pence’s secret service detail during the assault on the Capitol, and testimony from advisors to the President about what he was and was not doing while the violence was unfolding. CNN Senior Law Enforcement Analyst and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, CNN Contributor and former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean and CNN's Abby Phillip discuss whether or not the hearing strengthened a potential criminal case against the former president. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From medieval to defenseless to guilty as charged, Steve Bannon's next stop for defying
0:06.5	the House January 6th Committee could be federal prison.
0:10.0	John Berman here in for Anderson, far from carrying out his pre-trial threat to go medieval
0:15.0	on the prosecution, Steve Bannon did not even put on a defense in his contempt of Congress
0:19.5	trial, and did not take long for a jury to convict the former president's one-time chief
0:24.0	strategist and insurrection rabble rouser on both counts.
0:28.4	Now the man who could not stop talking about overturning the election to his listeners,
0:32.1	but refused to talk about it, his role when lawfully subpoenaed, he awaits sentencing.
0:37.8	CNN's Caitlin Polens was in the courtroom and joins us now.
0:40.7	Caitlin walk us through what happened in court today and how Bannon reacted when the verdict
0:45.2	was read.
0:46.2	Well, John, as Steve Bannon moved around the courthouse today on the grounds in the courtroom,
0:52.4	he appeared to be very much himself.
0:55.0	He was smiling throughout the day, right before the verdict came down when the jury came
0:59.7	back in.
1:00.7	He was waiting on his phone, what appeared to be looking at social media, thanking his
1:05.3	lawyers, patting them on the back.
1:07.3	But then when the jury came in to deliver their verdict, they came in about two and a half
1:11.1	hours since after they started.
1:13.9	When they came in, Steve Bannon didn't show a lot of emotion.
1:17.6	He smirked a little bit, he nodded as the judge, thanked the jury, but ultimately he
1:22.5	wasn't really that reactive in court.
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