like something is going on in the news today, doesn t this remind me of something else? yes, it does, something that might seem unprecedented, like we ve never faced something like this before in the news. it turns out more often than it, it does have an antecedent in history. the very first episode dropped today. it is about something that s very much like january 6th that happened before. i would have more to say about this later on this hour. but chris is right, it s just drop. today we are super excited about it. that s all still to come, it s called rachel maddow presents deja news . all right, so, here s what it said when they finally showed what they had to the public. this was from the u.s. justice department at the time. quote, the following statement is respectfully submitted to the court by the government at the arraignment of the defendant. it constitutes a detailed resuscitation of the facts and evidence developed by the investigation to date. that presentation
you on mondays anymore. how come you re here? you know, there is stuff going on. thought it would be good to be in the chair today. can i say i listened to your debut deja news today which i loved. thank you very much. fantastic stuff. i had actually read something a little while ago. very brief about that episode. and loved it. anyway people should check it out. thank you very much first of all. very kind of you to say. i should credit you actually because it was an interview with a journalist and historian on your podcast which in part got isaac and i really interested in that topic. it is what put it on the table for us to consider as one of our episodes i love that. so you were part of the inspiration for doing that whole story. great. thank you, rachel. thanks, chris. much appreciate it. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. very happy to have you here. as chris mentioned, we do have a new podcast that just launched the first episode today calle
i had actually read something a little while ago. very brief about that episode. and loved it. anyway people should check it out. thank you very much first of all. very kind of you to say. i should credit you actually because it was an interview with a journalist and historian on your podcast which in part got isaac and i really interested in that topic. it is what put it on the table for us to consider as one of our episodes. i love that. so you were part of the inspiration for doing that whole story. great. thank you, rachel. thanks, chris. much appreciate it. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. very happy to have you here. as chris mentioned, we do have a new podcast that just launched the first episode today called rachel maddow presents deja news. the whole idea of the podcast is deja vu like something is going on in the news today. doesn t this remind me of something else? yes, it does. something that might seem unprecedented like we ve never fac
job. he considers himself a career professional. in a class by himself. but a recent examination of his record will show that he also through ineptness and blunder prevented the successful prosecution of high crime figures because of wiretapping errors. he needs me to reinstate his reputation as a tough and courageous and hard nosed prosecutor. i m not going to fall down and be his victim. i assure you. [ applause ] these corrupt and incompetent justice department officials using me for political purposes, using me because they need me for their own purposes. that was 1973. people say now, wow. we ve never had a president trying to tear down the justice system and attack federal law enforcement officials like trump is now. yes we have. we definitely have except he was vice president not president when he did it.
himself. but a recent examination of his record will show that he also through annapolis and blunder, prevented the successful prosecution of my crime figures because of wiretapping errors. it leads me to reinstate his reputation as a tough and courageous and hard-nosed prosecutor. well, i m not gonna fall down and be his victim, i assure you. [applause] he is corrupt, those justice department officials, using me for political purposes, using me because they need me for their own purposes. that was 1973. and people say now, wow, we ve never had a president trying to tear down the justice system, and attack federal law enforcement officials like trump is now. yes, we have. we definitely have. except he was vice president, not president, when he did it. his name was spiro agnew, and he was facing a 40 count