we ll keep a close eye on that. judge, thanks good to see you, judge michael luttig. that is all in on this thursday night. alex wagner tonight, nning, right now. good evening alex. thanks alex, great guest to have on at this juncture, at this critical moment for democracy. great show. thank you. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. his name is alexander butterfield. he was the deputy assistant to president richard nixon, and as the surprise witness during the watergate hearings in 1973, he changed the course of history with this moment. mr. butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? i was aware of listening devices, yes sir. it was alexander butterfield, who told watergate investigators, and the world, about the existence of secret white house tapes that would, ultimately, expose nixon s involvement in the watergate plot, leading to his resignation. if there is a modern equivalent to w
instead, risk contempt of congress in order to protect donald trump. hutchison told the committee, her trump funded lawyer, a man named stephen passantino, actively discouraged hutchison from telling the committee everything she knew. at one point, hutchison recalls attempting to organize her thoughts by asking for a look at a calendar so she could better remember what events took place, and when. she says, the trump attorney, mr. passantino, discouraged her from trying to jog her memory. according to her testimony she said, i am your lawyer i know what s best for you. the less you remember, the better. do not read anything to jog your memory. do not try to put together timelines. that same trump lawyer also telling cassidy hutchison not to tell the committee about the harrowing incident in which trump, allegedly, lunged at the wheel of his suv, and at the leader of the secret service detail, when the ancient refused to take trump to the capital, following his speech