>> Laura: WE’VE ALL HEARD THE
WORD UNPRECEDENTED ABOUT THE FBI
RAID ON FORM’S PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
RESIDENT AT MAR-A-LARGO.
IT DOESN’T CONVEY HOW OUTSIDE
THE NORM THIS OPERATION WAS.
FOR THAT DISCUSSION, WE THOUGHT
WE WOULD BRING IN TWO GUESTS
WITH UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES.
GREG SHIRLEY AND MONICA CROWLEY,
FORMER TREASURY ASSISTANT
SECRETARY UNDER TRUMP WHO ALSO
SERVED AS PRESIDENT NIXON’S
FOREIGN POLICY A ASSISTANT
DURING HIS FINAL YEARS.
MONICA, YOU SAY THE DATE OF THE
RAID HAS SOME SIGNIFICANCE.
EXPLAIN.
>> YEAH, LAURA, WHEN IT COMES TO
THE DEEP STATE AND HOW THEY
OPERATE, THERE’S NO
COINCIDENCES.
SO THE DATE THAT THEY CHOSE TO RAID PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PERSONAL
RAID PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PERSONAL
RESIDENCE IS AUGUST 8, 2022.
THAT’S THE DATE THAT PRESIDENT
NIXON ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION.
THIS WAS A MESSAGE EVENT MORE
THAN ANYTHING ON THE PART OF THE
FBI IN DEALING WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP THIS WEEK AND THE MESSAGE
WAS THAT ANYONE WHO CHALLENGES
THE REGIME’S CORRUPT POWER WILL
BE DESTROYED.
IN MY WAYS, PRESIDENT NIXON WAS
THE FIRST MODERN PRESIDENT TO BE
A CASUALTY OF THE DEEP STATE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ENEMIES AND
THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL ENEMIES,
WHETHER IT’S THE DEEP STATE, THE
MEDIA, THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY, THE LEFT AND SO ON,
THOSE ENEMIES WERE NIXON’S
ENEMIES.
THIS IS NOT TO EXCUSE PRESIDENT
NIXON’S BEHAVIOR DURING
WATERGATE BUT IT’S A WAY OF
SETTING THIS IN TO CONTEXT.
THESE ARE THE SAME ENEMIES.
BOTH PRESIDENTS NIXONS AND TRUMP
FLEW TO CLOSE TO THE SUN FOR THE
REGIME’S TASTE AND THEY FELT
THEIR POWER WAS THREATENED AND
THEIR GRIP ON THE COUNTRY WAS
THREATENED BY THESE TWO
PRESIDENTS AND THEY BOTH NEEDED
TO BE DESTROYED.
>> Laura: CRAIG, YOU HAVE A VIEW
ON THE WAY THIS UNFOLDED AND HOW
IT WILL IMPACT JOE BIDEN’S
ENTIRE LEGACY.
EXPLAIN THAT FOR US.
>> JOE BIDEN’S LEGACY IS GOING
TO BE ENTIRELY ONE OF
CORRUPTION.
THERE’S NOTHING REDEEMING SO FAR
ABOUT HIS PRESIDENCY.
I DON’T ANTICIPATE ANYTHING
REDEEMING ABOUT HIS PRESIDENCY
WHAT SO EVER.
THERE’S NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO
WRITE HOME ABOUT.
THIS PROBABLY GUARANTEES TRUMP
CERTAINLY NOMINATION AND
PROBABLY RE-ELECTION IN 2024.
BIDEN’S DEFEAT IN 2024.
>> Sean: MONICA, LISTEN TO --
SPEAKING OF NIXON, WHAT JOHN
DEAN HAD TO SAY THIS WEEK.
>> THEY HAD TO TAKE AN
EXTRAORDINARY ACTION TO PROTECT
THE NATIONAL SECURITY DOCUMENTS.
THAT APPEARS WHAT THIS IS.
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES IS VERY
AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS SORT OF
THING.
THIS HAS BEEN IN MONTHS IN
DEVELOPMENT. YOU HAVE AN AGENCY THAT IS VERY
YOU HAVE AN AGENCY THAT IS VERY
PROTECTIVE OF ITS DOCUMENTS.
I NEVER DREAMED WE WOULD HAVE
SOMEONE THAT WOULD MAKE NIXON
LOOK LIAR A CHOIR BOY.
HERE WE ARE.
HE LOOKS GOOD AS KEY POSED TO
THE PROBLEMS WITH TRUMP.
>> Laura: MONICA, HE’S BEEN
DINING OUT ON WATERGATE FOR 50
YEARS NOW.
YOUR REACTION TO THAT FOSSIL
COMING OUT.
>> WELL, A LITTLE REVISIONIST
HISTORY COMING FROM JOHN DEAN.
ISN’T THAT RICH?
LAURA, IT’S INCREDIBLE.
THE LEFT INCLUDING JOHN DEAN
WILL ALWAYS FIND A NEW DYLAN,
WHETHER IT’S GEORGE W. BUSH AND
NOW RONALD REAGAN AND NOW IT’S
DONALD TRUMP.
THEY ALWAYS HAVE THAT VILLAIN IN
THEIR CROSS HAIRS NO MATTER
WHAT. NOW THEY REAL LIKE PRESIDENT
NOW THEY REAL LIKE PRESIDENT
NIXON, DONALD TRUMP RECENTS A
EXISTENTIAL THREAT.
HE HAS TO BE DESTROYED.
SO THAT’S WHY THEY HAVE
CONTINUED TO TRY TO TAKE
PRESIDENT TRUMP OUT.
THEY HAVE THROWN THE KITCHEN
SINK AT THIS MAN.
THE FACT THAT HE’S STANDING IS A
MIRACLE.
IT’S ALSO A TESTAMENT TO HIS
CHARACTER POLITICAL AND PERSONAL
THAT HE’S SURVIVED ALL OF THIS.
I DON’T KNOW ANOTHER LEADER YET
ALONE ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THAT
COULD HAVE WITH STOOD THE
PRESSURES AND THE ATTACKS THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS WITH STOOD.
HE REPRESENTS A FUTURE THREAT
BECAUSE HE’S LIKELY TO BE THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE SHOULD HE
SEEK TO PURCHASE SO I THAT AND
COULD BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT AS
WELL IN WHICH CASE THEIR POWER
WILL BE EVEN MORE THREATENED.
IN MANY WAYS, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
EVEN MORE OF A THREAT AS AN
OUTSIDER THAN RICHARD NIXON EVER
WAS.
>> Laura: CRAIG, EARLIER THIS
WEEK, THE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN
OFFERED SOME INTERESTING
ANALYSIS OF THIS RAID.
WATCH.
>> YOU HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE
SAYING WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE
IN HISTORY THE HOUSEHOLD OF A
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
BEING SEARCHED BY THE FBI.
THAT IS TRUE.
BUT WE MUST NEVER SAY THAT
WITHOUT ALSO INCLUDING THE LAST
HALF OF THE SENTENCE, WHICH IS
WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A PRESIDENT
BEHAVE LIKE DONALD TRUMP WITH
HIS CONTEMPT AND INDIFFERENCE TO
THE LAW.
>> Laura: CRAIG, IS THAT USUALLY
A HISTORIANS TAKE ON EVENT AS
THEY’RE HAPPEN SOMETHING.
>> NO, IT’S NOT.
ALL PRESIDENTS ARE UNIQUE.
ALL PRESIDENTS ARE DIFFERENT.
MY LAST WEEK THAT YOU ASKED ME,
I DIDN’T ANSWER THE QUESTION
VERY WELL.
LET ME TRY NOW.
I REMEMBER THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
IT’S ASTONISHING FOR CORRUPTION
OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENTS ARE
BEING RE-VISITED BY THIS
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND SOCIETY.
I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF US ARE LIKE
TOM PAYNE AT THE CUSP OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION WHEN HE
WROTE THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT
TRY MEN’S SOULS AND THAT TYRANNY
LIKE HELL IS NOT EASILY
CONQUERED.
JOE BIDEN WILL NOT BE EASILY
CONQUER
CONQUERED.
WE MUST TAKE CONTROL OF CONGRESS
TO BRING SANITY BACK TO
WASHINGTON ONCE AND FOR ALL.
>> Laura: AND CONTROL OF
CONGRESS WITH ACTUAL ACTION.
IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO TAKE CONTROL
OF CONGRESS AND SIT ON YOUR
HANDS AND LET’S PLAY PATTY CAKE
WITH THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
DESTROY THE COUNTRY.
I’M DONE WITH THAT.
I KNOW YOU ARE, TOO.
>> I’M WITH YOU.
SOME OF THESE REPUBLICAN LEADERS
REMIND ME OF WHAT GENE McCARTHY
ONCE TOLD ME.
HE SAID THEY REMIND THEM OF
SOMETHING THAT WENT ON THE
BATTLEFIELD AND SHOT HIS OWN
WOUNDED.
WE HAVE LEADERSHIP JUST LIKE
THAT AND THEY NEED TO BE GOTTEN
RID OF.
WE NEED A GOOD HOUSECLEANING NOT
JUST THE DEMOCRATS BUT
ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS.