MSNBCW The Rachel Maddow Show December 8, 2020
In a few short months in the summer and fall of 1973, he rewrote the rules for how a white house occupant can respond and fight back when his own Justice Department comes knocking. Damn the investigators. Damn the press. Damn the opposition. Damn the facts. Hang in there, baby. A legitimate investigation, it turns out, can be smeared and muddied up with a simple but aggressive counteroffense, one that privileges feelings over facts, base loyalty over evidence, obstruction over cooperation. Vice president spiro agnew went beyond denying the damned lies about his criminal activity. He also ralli...