Bob Woodward Compares Trump Call Log Gap To Infamous Nixon Tapes Gap - The Last Word - MSNBC

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Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post Associate Editor Bob Woodward joins MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss the "astonishing" seven hour and 37 minute gap on Trump's call log from January 6, noting one lawmaker said it looks like "a possible coverup." Aired on 03/30/2022.

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1. History, a wise man once noted, repeats itself

First as 18 minutes - then as 7+ hours.

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2. Well, it took several decades, but we know now that Nixon "colluded" with the North Vietnamese

To thwart LBJ's peace plan - hoping to ensure a Republican win in the next election. Meanwhile, the war continued for another seven years - resulting in thousands more war deaths on both sides. In Mary Trump's book, she said that "Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon for the wrong crime... "

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3. That too - absolutely

That particular bit of treason makes Watergate look like a parking ticket - and yet remains utterly unknown, or only barely familiar, to most Americans.

It also marked the beginning to the GOP's steady decline since then into 5th column territory - which, as you know, continued with Poppy Bush's back-channel deals to hold the hostages past the '80 election, and so much else besides.

I shudder to think what they'll try next, if they ever get their tush into the Oval Office again (it's bound to happen sometime, sadly).

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4. I'm trying to remember who she quoted - but Mary Trump also said that the pardon set a precedent

That continues till today - and applies to TFG. It was one of our presidential historians.

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5. Sure. Sadly, turning the page on presidents - no matter what - has become a national tradition

And that, of course, suits the Donald Trumps of the world just fine.