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Fixing this. two attorneys general under nixon were convicted of crimes, not just mitchell, but his successor. so barr better be thinking about whats going to happen to him. what barr did was also to deep six this, just like patrick gray. he was also involved in watergate. d-6, important materials that should have seen the light of day. so, we have a complicit government, justice department, state department, the heads of it are engaged in what may be obstruction of justice and other kinds of cr...

Year later, when he came up to be confirmed, patrick gray was, it was discovered that gray was so stupid that he had abided by a demand from the nixon white house to destroy incriminating watergate documents, which if you want to get confirmed, was not too intelligent. and the nomination was pulled and after that nixon was forced to take a permanent fbi director who was a professional. you have to pray that the system corrects itself. >> so even when you can get people in place who will do the k...

And the deputy attorney general, in turn each refused and resigned in protest. when presidents try to pervert the course of justice, when they try to obstruct, whether its that example or others, does the justice department usually squeal, or does the justice department sometimes go along with it? >> well, there are inspectors general and there are people in the justice department who will object to it. but usually youve got career people who know that this is not the way that its supposed to ha...

Tonight as reported is false. >> i think we could do with a little less drama from the white house. >> most senators are shaking their heads saying, is this going to end soon? >> we are only on day 117 of the trump presidency, and now tonight we do not know how many more days there will be in the trump presidency. the four-year calendar of the presidency is now in serious jeopardy. this is what senate minority leader chuck schumer said today. >> in a week full of revelation after revelation, on ...

Watergate got president nixon impeached on the verge of impeachment he resigned. he resigned as he faced impeachment in the house of representatives for exactly, exactly what james comeys memo says donald trump did, obstruction of justice. the nixon tapes of the oval office captured the moment when the president agreed to the idea of using the cia to tell patrick gray, the director of the fbi, to stop an investigation of the watergate scandal. here is some of that tape. youll hear the voice of w...

More days there will be in the trump presidency. the four-year calendar of the presidency is now in serious jeopardy. this is what senate minority leader chuck schumer said today. >> in a week full of revelation after revelation, on a day when we thought things couldnt get any worse, they have. the country is being tested in unprecedented ways. i say to all of my colleagues in the senate, history is watching. >> joining us now, john mclauchlin, former acting director of the cia. hes an msnbc nat...

Is denying that this happened. because all weekend long all we were hearing was, whatever happened last week, its explainable. its not really that wrong with it. trump is in over his head but he doesnt understand the rules of the role. they realize. this is a clear obstruction because theyre saying this did not happen. >> when theyre talking about it, the ochbl is and so thats where i pull up the nixon case right away and he tried to have it on the page. >> and and the obstruction of justice was...

The most incredible thing today is the fact that the white house is denying that this happened. because all weekend long all we were hearing was, whatever happened last week, its explainable. its not really that wrong with it. trump is in over his head but he doesnt understand the rules of the role. they realize. this is a clear obstruction because theyre saying this did not happen. >> when theyre talking about it, the ochbl is and so thats where i pull up the nixon case right away and he tried ...

The reasons that that happened was because congress said he had obstructed justice, tried to shut down an investigation that endangered him, that famous smoking gun tape of june 1972. he said to his aide, bob hall, of all things, tell the fbi director to stay the hell out of this. dont investigate the watergate break-in. >> this is fbi director patrick gray -- >> who had to resign and was indicted. >> whom he appointed because he was essentially a nixon supporter who had been subservient to him....

>> were talking about facing consequences, theres a nixon documentary airing this week. its based on the home movies from some of the key architects of his downfall, as it turned out. you covered that whole presidency. i want to play you a clip. its a tape of nixon talking about you. in which he says, pardon my language, dan rather is a son of a [ bleep ], dont ever see him, i say. dont ever ever ever ever see him, i assure you, he would cut you up. i would not see him at all. badge of honor, da...