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Kim potter, the former minnesota police officer who drew a gun instead of a taser and fatally shot daunte wright during a traffic stop found guilty by a minnesota jury of first and second degree manslaughter. lets discuss anow with legal analyst joey jackson. good to see you. we were just talking about this case. we know its not about intent, and the jury made the decision about what was proven by the prosecution. whats your reaction? >> yeah, laura, good to be with you. you know this is a very ...

Know, my wife. >> really? so when she said and she made the statement on the stand she was very sorry, buzz that the first time you had heard kim potter express that sorrow to you and your family? >> if you go back and listen to it, she didnt really express that sorrow to me and my family. it was -- to us it was more of a sorry that, you know, that it happened. and she never once said that she was sorry to the family or nothing like that. i didnt hear that. sorry. >> would that mean something to...

The design of both the taser and location with respect to the firearm on the dominant and the taser on the nondominant, you should know better. and they concluded that equates to recklessness and negligence. so in summing that up, laura, yes, the juror was shaking, yes the juror was upset. and you may have that sympathy, but you know what the law says and the law compels you to reach a result, and thats what happened here. >> not to mention we talk a lot about the sympathy and the assumptions we...

Tests all over the country into everyones home, and they turned that down. so there have been several missed opportunities, and they really have appeared now to be flat-footed when this very, very transmissible variant has come to this country. so now they have to play catch-up. theyve been basically putting all their eggs in the vaccine basket, having trouble getting the full country vaccinated and getting testing. and now we see the full importance of testing in this country. >> ron, tell me i...

At this point, and thats obviously something this investigation will never be settled until we know what trump knew, when he knew it, and what he did about it. >> and thats of course one of the reasons why there is this quest in the investigation for transparency to find out the information, to answer the questions youve said, not just about trump but other people as well. so what do you think about the former president asking the supreme court to block the national archives from turning over hi...

8-0, as a matter of fact, with rehnquist recusing himself. otherwise it probably would have been 9-0 but he felt he was too closely connected to the case. we dont know what the court will do. the law certainly favors the committee to get this information. youve got a sitting president who is declaring no executive privilege, a congress who wants the information, two branches agreeing that they should have the information. it would be a real reach for the court to figure out some way to carve out...

>> if you go back and listen to it, she didnt really express that sorrow to me and my family. it was -- to us it was more of a sorry that, you know, that it happened. and she never once said that she was sorry to the family or nothing like that. i didnt hear that. sorry. >> would that mean something to you? i mean obviously theres going to be sentencing in this case, and either one of you can jump in. id love to hear from you, mr. wright, though, on this. shell be sentenced i believe in february...

Innocence we know that when a person is charged with a crime people often assume the government wouldnt prosecute unless it had proof. for that reason alone prosecutors have to be cautious about how they wield power. developing a case, that takes time. and decisions cannot be made lightly. but the clock is ticking. not because of a mid-term election or because of anniversary of an insurrection or because of the medias appetite for information. no, the clock is ticking because theres an expiratio...

Privilege. youve got a congress who wants the information. youve got two branches agreeing they should have the information. it would be a real reach for the court to figure out some way to carve out something for a former president to claim privilege in these circumstances, particularly when it could involve misbehavior. i was most surprised, laura, on the brief that was filed today by the house asking to expedite the proeceedings, that trump agreed to that. he was asked obviously and said he d...

Yes, the juror, you know, really, really felt it because thats what doing your duty feels like when youre trying to do the right thing. and you may have that sympathy, but you know what the law says and the law compels you to reach a result, and thats what happened here. >> not to mention we talk a lot about the sympathy and the assumptions we make as a society about her crying on the stand, weather that evoked sympathy from the jury. but it could also be the case and it seems it was they were a...