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
courage to ditch the trump-backed lawyer, fine new representation, and testify, before an audience of millions, and tell the country, and the world what she knew. tonight, we received even more witness transcripts from the committee, which we will get to later in this hour. we are expecting the release of the committee s full january 6th report, but, the testimony of cassidy hutchison alone paints a damning picture of how trump and his allies may have pressured witnesses in attempt to obstruct the investigation, and your testimony, further, showing us the extent to which those witnesses may have felt trump, himself, was running the pressure campaign. as hutchison told the investigators, she was nervous in her first interviews with the committee, because, quote, i almost felt like at points donald trump was looking over my shoulder. joining us now, carl cheney, senior legal affairs reporter