The Crisis of George Bell

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"I feel a little bit like this time in history is this moment that's training us to push ourselves further and further into the what if territory?" "We're now in the who knows what would happen a bit of territory," he says. "A lot of moving parts, a lot of things unanticipated are going to happen." 'It can't feel scary. It can feel worrying or confusing,' Barney adds.

In 1973, in the throes of the Watergate scandal, three young federal prosecutors uncovered a separate criminal scheme being run inside the White House — the sitting vice president, Spiro Agnew, was taking envelopes stuffed with cash in exchange for official acts as an elected official. If Nixon left office, Agnew would be the next President. And so, what would happen if the President was charged with a federal crime? Worse yet, what if he was convicted? Now that Donald Trump has been charged with 37 federal crimes – as he runs again for president — Rachel Maddow and Bag Man executive producer Mike Yarvitz talk with the three Spiro Agnew prosecutors who have the only experience in our nation’s history with a situation like this.