you on mondays anymore. how come you re here? you know, there is stuff going on. thought it would be good to be in the chair today. can i say i listened to your debut deja news today which i loved. thank you very much. fantastic stuff. i had actually read something a little while ago. very brief about that episode. and loved it. anyway people should check it out. thank you very much first of all. very kind of you to say. i should credit you actually because it was an interview with a journalist and historian on your podcast which in part got isaac and i really interested in that topic. it is what put it on the table for us to consider as one of our episodes i love that. so you were part of the inspiration for doing that whole story. great. thank you, rachel. thanks, chris. much appreciate it. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. very happy to have you here. as chris mentioned, we do have a new podcast that just launched the first episode today calle
i had actually read something a little while ago. very brief about that episode. and loved it. anyway people should check it out. thank you very much first of all. very kind of you to say. i should credit you actually because it was an interview with a journalist and historian on your podcast which in part got isaac and i really interested in that topic. it is what put it on the table for us to consider as one of our episodes. i love that. so you were part of the inspiration for doing that whole story. great. thank you, rachel. thanks, chris. much appreciate it. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. very happy to have you here. as chris mentioned, we do have a new podcast that just launched the first episode today called rachel maddow presents deja news. the whole idea of the podcast is deja vu like something is going on in the news today. doesn t this remind me of something else? yes, it does. something that might seem unprecedented like we ve never fac
it constitutes a detailed recitation of the facts and evidence developed by the investigation to date. the presentation of this statement in court today was a material condition requested by the department of justice to the agreement reached between the government and the defendant. and then this statement came out 50 years ago. it goes on and on and on for page after page after page in tiny print just like it says it is a detailed recitation of the facts and the evidence. the justice department had amassed all of this evidence that the defendant had committed dozens of felonies. they described in this statement all the evidence they had. all the things they believed they had proof that the defendant had done. it was not a short recitation. it was thousands of words. it described years of allegations of extortion and bribery, just rank corruption. this guy taking envelopes stuffed with cash in exchange
material condition requested by the department of justice to the agreement reached between the government and the defendant. and then this statement came out 50 years ago. it goes on and on and on for page after page after page in tiny print just like it says it is a detailed recitation of the facts and the evidence. the justice department had amassed all of this evidence that the defendant had committed dozens of felonies. they described in this statement all the evidence they had. all the things they believed they had proof that the defendant had done. it was not a short recitation. it was thousands of words. it described years of allegations of extortion and bribery, just rank corruption. this guy taking envelopes stuffed with cash in exchange for official acts as a public official. they had it all documented. they had records. they had receipts. they had notes. they had witnesses who had been involved in the corruption scheme who were set to testify