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
presses tonight, and in this most recent batch of transcripts, is explosive testimony from mark esper, trump s former secretary of defense, ken klukowski, former attorney for trump s presidential campaign, joining the justice department, only a few weeks before january 6th, and, immediately, embroiled and schemes to keep trump in power. and, a transcript from sarah matthews, working in a press secretary, kayleigh mcenany. in her closed-door interview with the committee in february, matthews testified, after trump said the incendiary tweet about how vice president pence did not have the courage to do what should have been done after he was, repeatedly, told to encourage violent crowds to stay peaceful, trump was resistant. here is what matthews told the committee. question, did miss mcenany described, in any way, how resistant the president was to including something about being peaceful? this is matthew s. just that he didn t want to include it. that they got him to agree on the phrasi