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On february 21, 2017, you wrote, welcome to the shock event designed precisely to jar the political system and civil society, causing a disorientation and disruption among the public and the political class that aids a leader in consolidating his power. from their actions and pronouncements, we cannot exclude an intention to carry out a type of coup, february 1, 2017. at the time, a lot of people thought that was hyperbole. what did you see that many people didn't end up seeing until after the november election leading up to january 6? >> yes, one of those pieces you don't want to write and yo...

Wing authoritarianism. i wrote it after the first shock event, which was the travel ban from predominantly muslim countries. it was like engineered chaos, implemented on purpose with very little preparation. so i realized there was this whole project that was familiar to me from history. so you strike at the state, which is steve bannon's favorite term. that means that you think of all the things that happened to the government with the purging of federal agencies, doj and state department, and you fill them with loyalists. then you attack the notion of truth. you attack the press. so january ...

President hosts the russians in the white house. then, democrats fight back. but will republicans ever break with their president? >> if there was ever a time when circumstances warranted a special prosecutor, it is right now. plus, exclusive new reporting on donald trump's 2016 tax filing. anma sha guessen on the comey firing as a shock event for american democracy. >> from this day forward, it's going to be only america first. >> when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. just over 24 hours ago, the president fired fbi director james comey, the man ove...

Plus, exclusive new reporting on donald trump's 2016 tax filing. and ma sha guessen on the comey firing as a shock event for american democracy. >> from this day forward, it's going to be only america first. >> when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chs hayes. just over 24 hours ago, the president fired fbi director james comey, the man overseeing the bureau's investigation into possible collusion between russia and the president's own campaign. he did that only days after comey had requested more money and staff to pursue that very investigation. that was revealed t...