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Three pending indictments, his lack of demonstrative remorse, which was given considerable decision during sentencing decisions and the several times he was held in contempt during his trial. quote, you can criticize the d.a. for asking for jail time as politically motivated. that was former manhattan prosecutor duncan levin, quote, but it doesnt mean trump doesnt deserve it. convicted felon donald trump promising to bend the criminal system to his will. thats where we begin with our favorite re...

Two counts of contempt for defying the subpoenas of the january 6th legal committee. lets bring in lisa rubin, legal correspondent. good morning. this is always framed, and well hear from president trump on this in a moment, as a personal attack, as president biden ordering his opponents to jail, on and on and on. except when you dont answer a subpoena, no matter who you are in our society, just like if you cook the books at your organization to pay off a porn star to stay quiet before a preside...

Them. >> some longtime trump allies are taking those as marching orders, including steve anna, former trump white house official who faces jail time in a hearing tomorrow morning. for his conviction on two federal contempt of truck charges, after he refused to testify to what he knew about the deadly capital insurrection. bannon, who also faces a child this fall in manhattan for fraud and money laundering in connection with the far right fundraising scheme, told new york times reporters it was t...

Zelenskyy replied no, no, you. you saved europe. its all quite the presidential contrast. bidens rousing defense of democracy calling for solidarity with ukraine, versus donald trump, who wants to be an autocrat. who never would have given a speech like the one biden gave today because trump doesnt believe in democracy. he reportedly called americans who died in war losers and suckers. his contempt for military service matched only by his contempt for our democratic institutions. in fact, as bid...

Much. appreciated. another trump ally also tried to take his contempt, paste a usb port, but hes now in prison. is bannons case. any different? well talk with an attorney next. plus, today marks one full week that donald trump has been a convicted felon and he apparently still has a gun. he has not handed over. is that about to become another fight, another to-do. were going to talk about that also with one of his former attorneys the assignments are going off the tornado here you cannot out swi...

Recommendation, what more can you tell us about that? >> thats right. they made to criminal referrals, one for hunter biden, won for his uncle, james biden. now, again, theres been a lot at a back and forth between hunter bidens team and folks on the hill and over the past year, youve seen hundred take a much more aggressive approach to his detractors, while many in the white house would prefer that hed not make anymore of a scene. he has gone up to the hill with his lawyers, abbe lowell and kev...

Ordered vantage report to prison by july 1 or four month prison sentence. whats whats your ranch and in general? >> i mean, not surprised. i heard her say that the defense team was surprised. maybe they were maybe they werent maybe they at least said they were surprised. but but luck, theres a lot of statutory and case law overlap that basically talks about staying a sentence and keep being a person out of jail while they are pending appeal. its very uphill and you have to basically convince the...

Case that comes from 1961, the same case that prevented judge nichols from allowing bannon to make the argument at his trial. still, judge nichols felt that maybe the d.c. circuit would take a different view this time, stayed the sentence. now that the d.c. circuit has agreed that its precedent stands -- >> robert costello. >> robert costello. >> remind us about robert costello. >> he was the defenses only substantive witness in the trump manhattan das case. he was there of course to say that an...

Trail. its his first event since he was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment made to an adult film star right before the 2016 election. and trump was on the attack i just went through a rigged trial in new york with a highly conflicted and i mean highly conflicted, judge where there was no crime, it was made up fabricated stuff that message comes as trumps longtime ally, steve bannon, has now been ordered to report to prison by july 1 a...

Nominated by trump. the ex-president has spent, as we have covered on this program, as resulted in multiple citations for contempt of gag orders, every possible moment screaming at the people prosecuting him and the judges and court officers and essentially issuing demands calling for other people to be prosecuted. painting a target on the backs of people who were anonymous officers of the court. and as trumps authoritative vision of justice takes over the entire republican party, which is reall...