‘OPB Politics Now’: New evidence and the latest fallout in the saga of Rep. Mike Nearman

Nearly half a year after an Oregon lawmaker allowed a crowd of far right protesters to enter the capitol building, new evidence emerged showing that Polk County Republican Rep. Mike Nearman had explained to them days earlier how to breach the capitol.

On this week’s “OPB’s Politics Now,” OPB politics reporters Rebecca Ellis, Dirk VanderHart and Sam Stites unpack the latest and discuss what potential punishment awaits the lawmaker.