i d scalp. it no i wouldn t i would literally use it because what an extraordinary hearing, i want to return to normalcy to see here a judge say, no. this case, you guys have not been arguing very well. that s a substack s right? it can t be declassified if you re not arguing it s declassified. i just got so many aspects of what transpired are worthy of analysis of discussion, because there was a lot packed in there, and we re getting great indication of where the special master may be heading in all of this. and we re gonna have that discussion because what i would do with that ticket is give it to andrew weissmann, but andrew weissmann doesn t need my help because he was actually there. he used to work in that courthouse. he s gonna be with us leading off tonight, and so we have the guy in the room, the guy i want in the room for the sessions. but there s two tickets, i want the other ticket. i desperately want to be there. thank you. alex you are in good hands lawr
we will see you again tomorrow. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good, evening lawrence. good evening, alex. imagine you have a ticket they don t actually have tickets. but imagine you have that to get to that brooklyn courtroom courtroom today, where draymond dearly held his first special master session in the case of donald j trump versus united states of america. what would you do with your one seat for that courtroom? i d scalp. it no, i wouldn t. i would eagerly use it, because what an extraordinary hearing, elsewhere return to normalcy, to hear adjudged say, no, no. this case, you guys have not been arguing very well. that s a subtext, right? it can be classified campy declassified if you are not obviously classified. i just got so many aspects of what transparent in that courtroom where they ve analysis and discussion, because there was a lot packed in there, and we re getting great indication of where the special master may be headin
could easily win a national election. he had left the 1960 election which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy with bitterness. and a sense the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demon that is he always had within him to play during elections. it is about lust for power and absence of morality. it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this. whatever it takes. when the president does it it means that it is not illegal. i told the american people i did not trade hostages for arms. there will not be an abuse of power in this office. he develops weapons of mass destruction. we are in trouble. i just want to find 11,780 votes. and that s really when you reach a tipping point in a democracy. that s how dictators come to power. within hours of the arrests at the watergate, the nixon white house started covering up. i was the desk officer of the cover-up. i get the information and gather it and i share it and they were maki
the wiretapping of his political opponents. conspiracy, extortion, blackmail. high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. the nixon/agnew team receives an overwhelming mandate from the american voters, sweeping every state but one, massachusetts. as a result of the cover-up, richard nixon stayed in office a lot longer than he should have. but imagine if the american people had known in the summer of 1972 the extent to which richard nixon had participated in criminal enterprises. it s not just a desire for political power. it s a lust. i mean, that s what nixon said. i lust for power . the man in the middle in the watergate scandal is 34-year-old john wesley dean, iii. i thought the cover-up was going to end after the election. i was wrong. i have no prior knowledge of the watergate break-ins. it s going to get worse, much worse. seven men went on trial today in a washington federal court charged with the break-in and burglary of d
the key to understanding richard nixon is that richard nixon was never self-confident that he could easily win a national election. he had left the 1960 election, which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy, with bitterness. in a sense, the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demons that he always had within him to play during elections. it s about lust for power and absence of morality. it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this, whatever it takes. when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. i told the american people i did not trade arms for hostages. there will not be a cover-up. there will not be an abuse of power in this office. when you have a president who thinks he can do anything he develops weapons of mass destruction. i just want 11,780 votes. and that s really when you reach a tipping point in a democracy. that s how dictators come to power. within hours of the arrests at the waterg