well, look, there are a lot of parallels with nixon. that s what i write about in my book. the dangles pardons, that s what nixon was impeached for. firing the special prosecutor. but nixon succeeded in doing it and trump didn t. trump did. he fired the special prosecutor. i m sorry, he fired comey. right, he fired comey. he tried to basically end his own presidency and firing mueller but don mcgahn wouldn t let him do it. right. nixon in the end didn t succeed in undermining our whole government. neither with this president. there is plenty out there. the question is how do you bring the american people along? mueller sets out part of the case and it s critical to bring the american people along, educate them. that s what happened in watergate. let s follow that blueprint. final thing, adam. our next segment is about some of the legislation sitting on mitch mcconnell s desk. it s true this house has done a tremendous amount in terms of passing a lot of stuff, whether you agr
that s what i write about in my book. the dangles pardons, that s what nixon was impeached for. firing the special prosecutor. but nixon succeeded in doing it and trump didn t.in trump did. he fired the special prosecutor. i m sorry, he fired comey. right, he fired comey. he tried to basically end his own presidency and firing mueller but don mcgahn wouldn t let him do it. right. nixon in the end didn t succeed in undermining our whole government.ee neither with this president. there is plenty out there.t. the question is how do you bring the american people along? mueller sets out part of the case and it s critical to bring the american people along, educate them. that s what happened in watergate. let s follow that blueprint.en final thing, adam. our next segment is about some of the legislation sitting on mitch mcconnell s desk. it s true this house has done a tremendous amount in terms of passing a lot of stuff, whethero you agree with the legislation or not. you saw cici
most problems for the government and for the potential clash that we re seeing here. any pardons now before the election, he s in trouble in the midterms. right. and also, you know, pardons, that s what nixon did. yeah. he offered pardons to the burglars. dud he really? oh, yeah, that s right. it is an impeachable offense. let s not forget that. he personally offered them, right? no. he got his aides to offer them. i see. he floated them. but he authorized those offers of pardons. he offered the burglars two things to keep quiet, money, hush money, and pardons. so pardons played a key role. they were part of the articles of impeachment against richard nixon. so let s not forget. that s a great point. using pardons to keep people quiet is an impeachble offense. we did it against richard nixon, and he is in trouble now, donald trump, if he follows that course of action. all right, elizabeth holtzman and elliot williams, thank you both for making time on this f
election, he s in trouble in the midterms. right. and also, you know, pardons, that s what nixon did. yeah. he offered pardons to the burglars. dud he really? oh, yeah, that s right. it is an impeachable offense. let s not forget that. he personally offered them, right? no. he got his aides to offer them. i see. he floated them. but he authorized those offers of pardons. he offered the burglars two things to keep quiet, money, hush money, and pardons. so pardons played a key role. they were part of the articles of impeachment against richard nixon. so let s not forget. that s a great point. using pardons to keep people quiet is an impeachble offense. we did it against richard nixon, and he is in trouble now, donald trump, if he follows that course of action. all right, elizabeth holtzman and elliot williams, thank you both for making time on this friday night. that is all in for this evening on a very, very, very busy friday news day. the rachel maddow show
about bannon because bannon can t treat congress the way he is. it sounds like even the republicans are ready to hold him in contempt and the white house is abusing the concept of executive privilege. they are stone walling, they are obstructing justice by saying here are 25 scripted questions, the answer to all of them are no. that s not cooperating. it s stone walling, it s corruption, that s what nixon did. it s one of the charges in the impeachment against him and i think it might lead to that here, too. go ahead, ron. i think there s also an alternative theory here. which is it s possible that the reason bannon is stiffing the house intelligence committee, maybe as john said, he thinks they re clowns, partly at the direction of the white house as jill said, but i think bannon knows everything that gets said in that committee gets reported back immediately to the trump white house. it s a sif to the white house.