it s an issue that had never really been seriously considered and decided one way or the other before the justice department was confronted with it urgently during the nixon administration. but thanks to this, again, sort of odd series of things happening all at once in the early 70s, the vice president, spiro agnew, maybe going to prison, the president, richard nixon, making being removed from office against his will by impeachment. thanks to those things coming together all at once in a big felonious mess because the american people, in our infinite wisdom, thought it would be a good idea to elect guys that crimy to the white house, twice, thanks to that mess around nixon and agnew, the justice department in the early 70s h 70s 70s, that it was the policy not to bring criminal charges against a sitting president of the united states. that sni like an important landmark moment foran the nixon years. it s never a good sign when your presidency is so crimey, it forces eve
9 pm eastern tomorrow night, which means you ll be able to watch coverage of those polls close on msnbc s brand-new show alex wagner tonight. she premiered last week in which was a big primary night. you will not want to miss her tomorrow night at 9 pm eastern. be there or be full of lasting regret. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening. lawrence this breaking news in the new york times tonight. if true answers a bunch of questions including that bombshell of donald trump himself was examining these records at the end of 2021 before they handed back anything at all, donald trump was locked looking in the boxes himself. and if the rest of the reporting was true he was hand looking through the stuff himself before they handed over about 150 documents marked classified but retained another hundred 50 documents marked classified and he personally was sifting through them to decide what he s going to hold on to. if the times is reporting is correc
no tomorrow s a big primary day in florida and new york. it s 7 pm eastern when polls close in florida. her son definitely big high-profile races in florida. the real banana stuff is likely to be in new york tomorrow, thanks to a sort of botched redistricting process. there are big democratic primaries in new york tomorrow where more than a handful of incumbent members of congress might get primaried right out of their seats. so the florida results are gonna be dramatic, the new york was alternately really dramatic, the polls in new york closed at