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and so neither nixon nor agnew went to jail for even a day. now, though, we're learning the consequences of, you know, in our history, letting presidents evade personal punishment when they have committed crimes. because now we have a former president who isn't leaving office like nixon did, like agnew did. now we have one who isn't eliminating the ongoing danger to the public by getting out of public life. so maybe that could have been what he traded his freedom for. no, for our sins what we've got now is one of these guys who is staying in public life. and therefore, the threat is arrive. he's threatening to get back into the presidency with four different criminal trials t stacked up like taxiing planes on a runway.y. so no, none of us having any idea what it will mean for us a a country for him to be sent tot jail as part of these criminal proceedings is part of what is new for us in this moment. today, justice juan merchan in new york said jail is what is ti coming next if trump continues to disobey court orders. and do you think he's goi
and so neither nixon nor agnew went to jail for even a day. now, though, we're learning the consequences of, you know, in our history, letting presidents evade personal punishment when they have committed crimes. because now we have a former president who isn't leaving office like nixon did, like agnew did. now we have one who isn't eliminating the ongoing danger to the public by getting out of public life. so maybe that could have been what he traded his freedom for. no, for our sins what...
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agnew was of course in there, in the line for the presidency. the fact there was an accountable process by most people isn't viewed as a problem. it is viewed as at least if it is bad enough there are guardrails. take a look at what we prepared for you. >> i categorically and flatly deny the assertions that have been made by the prosecutors with regard to bribery and extortion on my part. >> what is your reaction to the resignation? >> i think it is a sad thing. >> it makes me glad. should have been done a long time ago. >> i think they threw him to the wolves, that's what i think. >> simply wonderful. i think next and -- i think nixon should be the next to resign. >> before trump i think you could argue that they were somewhat bipartisan and people looked at that. we heard from trump friendly justice kavanaugh this week, actually maybe that stuff was the problem and the only good thing was pardoning nixon. what is going on with the lessons of history? >> in my view it was a terrible mistake because that hold later presidents, like donald trump,
agnew was of course in there, in the line for the presidency. the fact there was an accountable process by most people isn't viewed as a problem. it is viewed as at least if it is bad enough there are guardrails. take a look at what we prepared for you. >> i categorically and flatly deny the assertions that have been made by the prosecutors with regard to bribery and extortion on my part. >> what is your reaction to the resignation? >> i think it is a sad thing. >> it...
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so, neither nixon nor spiro agnew went to jail for even a day. now, we are learning the consequences of, in our history, letting presidents evade personal punishment when they commit crimes because we now got a former president is leaving office. right? maybe that could have been what he traded his freedom four. what we've got, now, is one of these guys who is staying in public life and therefore, the threat is alive. he is ready to get back into the presidency with four different trials stacked up on the runway. so, no, none of us have any idea what it will mean for us as a country for him to be sent to jail as part of these proceedings. that's part of what is new for us in this moment. today, justice, judge merchan said jail is next if trump continues to disobey court orders. do you think he will continue to disobey these court orders? judge merchan today said "i worry about the people who would have to execute that sanction. the court officers, the correction officers, the secret service detail, among others. i worry about them and what would
so, neither nixon nor spiro agnew went to jail for even a day. now, we are learning the consequences of, in our history, letting presidents evade personal punishment when they commit crimes because we now got a former president is leaving office. right? maybe that could have been what he traded his freedom four. what we've got, now, is one of these guys who is staying in public life and therefore, the threat is alive. he is ready to get back into the presidency with four different trials...
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agnew not harding. my mistake look, i think in the modern division of power in the government, the president makes laws, the supreme court vetoes laws and congresses there for entertainment. and that is what we are seeing the logical consequence of that kind of decay of what supposed to be the first branch of the federal government into something that's just just a matter of empty theater. >> so gloria, it was high school. i mean, this it was it was high school. people fighting. and what was remarkable to me was the chairman both the ranking and the chairman seemed to not know what was going on or how to handle it. and they just kind of sat there and scratch their heads and didn't know how to put a stop to it. and it's absurd and it's ridiculous. and it reflects badly on the entire congress and marjorie taylor greene's words should have been taken down and there should be some sort of punishment for what she did steven hayes tweeted something along the lines ashley of this is what happens when the incen
agnew not harding. my mistake look, i think in the modern division of power in the government, the president makes laws, the supreme court vetoes laws and congresses there for entertainment. and that is what we are seeing the logical consequence of that kind of decay of what supposed to be the first branch of the federal government into something that's just just a matter of empty theater. >> so gloria, it was high school. i mean, this it was it was high school. people fighting. and what...
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amy gallacher, murphy agnew and mengyu shen with the goals, in their 3—0 win over partick thistle. in their 3—0 win over partick thistle, to keep them in driving seat as the season comes to an exciting finale with two games left to play. and despite their advantage they're not taking matters for granted. our mentality is that nothing is going to be handed to us. we try our very best to bring positive energy to the camp because it's been a long, hard season, and the heat plays a massive part in it. focus at getting the job done but what's really important is the because we are tired, everybody knows we are tired but we have to keep going. glasgow city's chances of defending their title are over though, with rangers keeping pressure on celtic thanks to a 1—0 win. this from rachel maclauchlan was enough to seal a 1—0 win for the visitors. with just two games remaining and 76 points apiece, celtic are only ahead of rangers on goal difference. you got to take those moments, you are quite at it today, we was up you got to take those moments, you weren't quite at it today, we was up ag
amy gallacher, murphy agnew and mengyu shen with the goals, in their 3—0 win over partick thistle. in their 3—0 win over partick thistle, to keep them in driving seat as the season comes to an exciting finale with two games left to play. and despite their advantage they're not taking matters for granted. our mentality is that nothing is going to be handed to us. we try our very best to bring positive energy to the camp because it's been a long, hard season, and the heat plays a massive part...
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ends up eventually dropping out of the race and i think he ends up coming up with some type of spiro agnew type plea where is he out, doesn't go to jail. something happens to him but not too significant. and i don't think he makes it to the iowa caucus. >> laura: yeah. well, this manhattan trial has never been about pursuing justice. it was, like all the other cases, about pursuing and demolishing trump. and today we also see that cohen has kind of a love-hate relationship with trump. it's not all hate. he is resentful that he dent get a plumb white house job we found out today and, yet, he knows in his heart of hearts while he is resentful, is he still trying to be like trump. right down to his new pitch to host his own reality show. >> my name is michael cohen and for years i was the personal lawyer for notoriously bad man. i fixed his problems both professional and personal, gaining power, wealth and notoriety for myself in the process. and i paid the price for it. >> laura: he is saint paul on the road to damascus. he wants to help you. is he converted. he wants to be trump's apprentic
ends up eventually dropping out of the race and i think he ends up coming up with some type of spiro agnew type plea where is he out, doesn't go to jail. something happens to him but not too significant. and i don't think he makes it to the iowa caucus. >> laura: yeah. well, this manhattan trial has never been about pursuing justice. it was, like all the other cases, about pursuing and demolishing trump. and today we also see that cohen has kind of a love-hate relationship with trump....
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it was hard with nixon and agnew and it is hard with trump. there is a reason that sitting presidents can't get prosecuted. it is all very difficult. instead when you is a political party saying the american legal system should be gotten rid of because it is corrupt and the people involved in it are corrupt and bad an evil, that is something totally different. that is corrosive to the legal system. fundamentally destructive here. if that becomes the platform. >> yeah. there are so many levels this is appalling. there is the smaller picture of what it is doing to potential witnesses in this trial. there was a whole back and forth about these surrogates being in the trial during cross- examination. going out there and impugning. can you talk a little bit about sort of net effect that this is having as you go to this trial? >> in the courtroom, no effect at all. you know the old parliamentary phrase back benchers. that's what they became. because there were too many of them today. there is a row in the front for donald trump supporters. there are
it was hard with nixon and agnew and it is hard with trump. there is a reason that sitting presidents can't get prosecuted. it is all very difficult. instead when you is a political party saying the american legal system should be gotten rid of because it is corrupt and the people involved in it are corrupt and bad an evil, that is something totally different. that is corrosive to the legal system. fundamentally destructive here. if that becomes the platform. >> yeah. there are so many...
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it was hard next and, hard with agnew and it's hard with trump. instead you've got a political party saying the american legal system should be gotten rid of because it's corrupt and the people involved in it are corrupt and evil and persecuting you and me. that is something totally different, that is corrosive to the legal system and potentially fundamentally destructive to it if that will become the new pro--- protocol. >> there are so many levels at which this is appalling, lawrence, there's the big picture that rachel is outlining, there's the smaller picture of what it is doing two potential witnesses, there was a back and forth about these surrogates being in the trial during cross-examination, michael cohen has to walk by them, going out there and interviewing cohen, can you talk about the net effect that this is having as you go to this trial? >> in the courtroom, no effect at all. you know the old parliamentary phrase, backbenchers, that's what they became because there were too many of them today, there's a row in the front behind donald
it was hard next and, hard with agnew and it's hard with trump. instead you've got a political party saying the american legal system should be gotten rid of because it's corrupt and the people involved in it are corrupt and evil and persecuting you and me. that is something totally different, that is corrosive to the legal system and potentially fundamentally destructive to it if that will become the new pro--- protocol. >> there are so many levels at which this is appalling, lawrence,...
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richard nixon picked spiro agnew thinking that, you know, that was a guarantee for him. but obviously he underestimated president for he picked president ford thinking that that wouldn't be, you know, that would discourage against impeachment. it was quite the opposite. arguably because what he didn't realize just how much people on the respected and admired ford and thought that he would actually be a perfectly good president. i think trump picked pence because he thought pence wouldn't outshine him. you know, the pence was a stolid, quiet, you know, not very flashy kind of guy. trump wants one star on the show. he doesn't want to write in the in the apprentice. there was really only one star and he wasn't going to pick somebody who was going to be, you know, get a lot of attention. and and that's important. me so when you think about who he's going to pick this year, keep that in mind, right? there are two factors. i think, for trump this year in picking his running mate. one, he's got to find somebody he thinks is more loyal than mike pence was, which is hard because
richard nixon picked spiro agnew thinking that, you know, that was a guarantee for him. but obviously he underestimated president for he picked president ford thinking that that wouldn't be, you know, that would discourage against impeachment. it was quite the opposite. arguably because what he didn't realize just how much people on the respected and admired ford and thought that he would actually be a perfectly good president. i think trump picked pence because he thought pence wouldn't...
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it was hard with nixon, it was hard with agnew, it is hard with trump. there is a reason that sitting presidents can't get prosecuted. it's all very difficult. but when you have a political party saying the american legal system should be gotten rid of because it is corrupt, and the people involved in it are corrupt and bad and evil and persecuting you and me, that is something totally different. that is corrosive to the legal system, at a minimum, and potentially, fundamentally destructive to it if that is going to become the new platform on which the republican party makes the case to the american people that they should be put back in full power. >> yeah, there are so many levels at which this is appalling. there is the big picture that rachel is outlining. there is the smaller picture of what it is doing to potential witnesses in this trial. there was a whole back and forth about these surrogates during the cross-examination, when michael cullen has to walk by them. going out there and imputing michael cullen, and sitting in the courtroom as he is te
it was hard with nixon, it was hard with agnew, it is hard with trump. there is a reason that sitting presidents can't get prosecuted. it's all very difficult. but when you have a political party saying the american legal system should be gotten rid of because it is corrupt, and the people involved in it are corrupt and bad and evil and persecuting you and me, that is something totally different. that is corrosive to the legal system, at a minimum, and potentially, fundamentally destructive to...
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covering spero agnew. >> we've established who this guy is. does that mean what he says or testified to or how he corroborates what's in the documents isn't true? >> i think it's a drip, drip, drip that you're hearing. michael cohen has lied under oath in kovenlth he has lied on the stand in trials. he's cheated on his taxes. he has now admitted to stealing money from his employer, somebody that paid him millions of dollars over the years. he said it was self-help at that point he was so angry. it doesn't make it right. i think that's what the defense is trying to get through, that he's got a lot of problems and now you should not believe him on the main thing which is the criminal disguise of the documents. >> lisa and sue, always great to see the two of you together. it was a pleasure standing in line and sitting next to you in particular, lisa. i was looking over my shoulder, getting my legal analysis. let me bring in msnbc lawrence o'donnell host of the last word with lawrence o'donnell. you've been there almost every single day. you have
covering spero agnew. >> we've established who this guy is. does that mean what he says or testified to or how he corroborates what's in the documents isn't true? >> i think it's a drip, drip, drip that you're hearing. michael cohen has lied under oath in kovenlth he has lied on the stand in trials. he's cheated on his taxes. he has now admitted to stealing money from his employer, somebody that paid him millions of dollars over the years. he said it was self-help at that point he...
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forest service for approval before build agnew mine under the authorities we would be giving them in this legislation -- building a new mine under the authorities we would be giving them in this legislation. they both have strict time boundary requirements about what they can do with a claim on federal land to conduct mining f a claim holder does not meet the requirements, b.l.m. or the forest service have the power to enforce compliance or immediately suspend the claimant from the area. while my friends across the aisle are doubling down on this administration's attack on american mining and energy development while they are cheering on the ninth circuit, republicans are taking action and mining is not happening in the united states because of the impediments that my friends across the aisle are causing. where's mining taking place? it's happening in china. if you go back just to 1995 and take one mineral that is critical to the lower carbon energy sector my friends talk about so much, you can't do that without copper. 1995 the united states produced over three times more copper tha
forest service for approval before build agnew mine under the authorities we would be giving them in this legislation -- building a new mine under the authorities we would be giving them in this legislation. they both have strict time boundary requirements about what they can do with a claim on federal land to conduct mining f a claim holder does not meet the requirements, b.l.m. or the forest service have the power to enforce compliance or immediately suspend the claimant from the area. while...