All 19 defendants have surrendered in Georgia criminal case

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 26 August 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: 3 co-defendants argue they acted “at the direction” of Donald Trump in roles as fake electors. Plus, a Trump ally fires back at the special counsel in the documents case. Also, the Texas GOP enacts laws taking over elections in a democratic county. And the Kremlin denies Putin’s involvement in Prigozhin’s death. Glenn Kirschner, Paul Butler, Bradley Moss, Rep. Colin Allred, and Michael McFaul join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0	Now, it is time for the last word with my friend, Ali Veltchi, who is in for Lawrence.
0:04.3	Good evening, Ali.
0:05.3	Hey buddy, nice to see you again.
0:06.6	Thank you for, you've got a long week, but it's been a busy one.
0:11.1	You know that feeling, my friend.
0:13.0	You have a good weekend.
0:14.0	I'll see you next week.
0:15.0	I'll see you well.
0:16.0	I'll see you next weekend.
0:17.0	I'll see you tomorrow and I'll see you Sunday.
0:18.0	We'll be seeing each other all week.
0:20.0	Have a good night, my friend.
0:21.0	You too.
0:22.0	Well, the arrest phase of the prosecution of Donald Trump's criminal enterprise to steal
0:25.7	the 2020 election in Georgia is now complete.
0:29.0	All 19 defendants accused of being involved have surrendered at the Fulton County Jail and
0:33.9	all did so before today's noon deadline that was set by the District Attorney, Fannie
0:39.9	Willis.
0:40.9	That includes the last high profile defendant to surrender to the agency and that is former
0:46.9	Justice Department official, Jeffrey Clark, who tried to block his arrest earlier this
0:51.5	week, arguing that it would be too difficult for him to travel to Atlanta to be booked by
0:56.1	2.15 this morning.
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