Now it's time for the last word with Lawrence O'Donnell. Good evening, Lawrence.

I have checked you out on Blue Sky because I'm there as Lawrence O'Donnell on Blue Sky.

Andrew Weissman's on Blue Sky, and he's going to be our first guest tonight.

It's a Blue Sky night here at this hour.

Plenty to talk to Andrew about tonight.

My God, this drama with STNY.

Yeah, there's a bit.

Yeah.

The era of principled resignation is upon us, Rachel, once again. And I got to say as a kid

who saw it in the so-called Saturday Night Massacre and the Nix administration, it was the most

inspiring turn because when it happened, it seemed very dark. It didn't seem like it was going to have an effect. It seemed like that's the end of the investigation.

It also seemed brave for Attorney General, Elliot Richardson, to make the choice he made. But another prosecutor was appointed, and that prosecutor went all the way.

Richard Nixon was driven out.

And so in the totality of the experience, you know, kids in high school at the time just

thought they lived in a country where, yes, the rule of law prevails and no one's above the

law.

And we had a right to feel that way for the rest of the 20th century.

It had a really, it was way for the rest of the 20th century.

It had a really, it was a good feeling for what we thought was forever.

It turned out to be a long time, but not quite forever. Although we remember the Saturday Night Massacre because of what Nixon tried to do,

but mostly what we remember it for was the heroism of Elliot Richardson and the other, right,

and of the men at the Justice Department then who stood up and said, that is an unprincipled thing,

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