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6th was unfolding up here on the hill. of course, they want to hear about whether or not president trump ordered the national guard to respond to the events of january 6th, as well as the activities following the 6th. they've had testimony from other senior administration officials from the trump era including keith kellogg who said they believe ivanka trump could be a mitigating factor on this day. she could have been one of the people to tell her father that he needed toway in and stop the violence. and they have testimony from kellogg, didn't they say to mark mcenany, that he said that his ...

The judge to sentence her to just over 7 years. that's right in the middle of the guidelines. what do you make of that shift? >> i think that has to do with the fact that maybe emotions have cooled off a little bit and the prosecution has taken a little more sober look at their case. maybe they got some input from the victim's families and other people in the system. i also think they're trying to bullet proof the sentence as well because they don't want the sentence to be overturned on appeal, for instance. so i think that their recommendation is within the recommended guidelines for this typ...

The mistake. i think that was really key to remind the jury that, forget the noise about a mistake, because it's not a defense. sentencing, i think we will expect aggravating factors to be argued by the prosecution. we will expect mitigating factors in response by the defense. the idea that she has a family. she's had 26 years with law enforcement. she never had any record of discipline or criminal record. she's committed her career to protecting and serving. of course, that mistake which was not a defense could potentially be a mitigating factor for the defense in sentencing. the prosecution ...

Remind the jury that, forget the noise about a mistake, because it's not a defense. sentencing, i think we will expect aggravating factors to be argued by the prosecution. we will expect mitigating factors in response by the defense. the idea that she has a family. she's had 26 years with law enforcement. she never had any record of discipline or criminal record. of course, that mistake which was not a defense could potentially be a mitigating factor for the defense in sentencing. the prosecution will argue she violated public trust in such a horrible way and that she violated department polic...

Guidelines and based off of certain characteristics of the defendant here. ms. potter has no previous offense so is in a criminal history category that puts her in the lower level. we did hear the prosecution say they were going to argue for aggravating factors which essentially means they are going to be arguing for a longer sentence than typically would be seen in this type of case. some of those aggravating factors include we saw in that body camera footage, you know, kim potter immediately after she discharged her weapon did not seek to render aid. instead she sort of stepped back and real...