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 faced something like this before in the news. it turns out more often than it, it does have an antecedent in history. the very first episode dropped today. it is about something that s very much like january 6th that happened before. i would have more to say about this later on this hour. but chris is right, it s just drop. today we are super excited about it. that s all still to come, it s called rachel maddow presents deja news . all right, so, here s what it said when they finally showed what they had to the public. this was from the u.s. justice department at the time. quote, the following statement is respectfully submitted to the court by the government at the arraignment of the defendant. it constitutes a detailed resuscitation of the facts and evidence developed by the investigation to date. that presentation
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
Something like this before as a country. and whether you like how that worked out with him or not, whether you think that was justice or not, that is the real history of how the u.s. department of justice contended with these issues the last time they were confronted with something like this. i mean, here was a man who they here was a man who fully expected himself to be the next president of the united states. the u.s. justice department also expected that he might be about to become the next president of the united states. but the justice department also had evidence he had committed dozens of felonies. he went nuts about the fact they were investigating him. he threatened them nine ways to sunday. he tried to shut down that investigation. he tried to bully them. he said he was going to come after them and turn the tables on them. but they did not back down. they confronted him with the evidence in court. and what happened? he pled. he pled to avoid jail. and they let him because h
A federal grand jury investigation of mr. agnew and probably terminating his political career shocked his closest associates and precipitated an immediate search by president nixon for a successor. it is interesting. they didn t as part of the plea deal require him to swear that he would never run for public office again. that s why the times said this deal had probably terminated his political career. but they did make him resign from the office he was then holding. they figured the shame of that would be enough to you know keep him from ever getting him elected to anything again. his supporters were so mad in the wake of that deal. you might have thought for a minute they would vote for him again if they could. i thought he was one of the greatest men that this country has ever had. what is your reaction to the resignation? i think it s a sad thing. i m just sick about t i think he is a man of his word and i