DOJ & special counsel probes seek Jan. 6 accountability

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 15 July 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Special Counsel Jack Smith ramps up the Trump January 6 probe. Also, the Atlanta district attorney impanels a new grand jury to hear evidence and potentially file charges in the 2020 election investigation. Plus, the Senate gets its first-ever classified briefing on AI. And inflation drops to the lowest level in more than two years. Rep. Jamie Raskin, Paul Butler, Glenn Kirschner, Sen. Alex Padilla and Mark Zandi join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0	Now, it is time for the last word with Laurence O'Donnell with Ali Velshi in for Laurence.
0:05.1	Good evening, Ali.
0:06.1	I'm going to use that as my motto.
0:07.3	Mistakes happen, accident happen.
0:08.3	I mean, I've voted a couple of times in different states.
0:11.2	Twice.
0:12.2	Four times, you know, it happens.
0:13.7	I've just had a great weekend.
0:15.5	You too.
0:16.5	We'll see you next week.
0:17.5	Thanks, Alex.
0:18.5	Well, tonight there is new reporting about special prosecutor Jack Smith's federal criminal
0:21.8	investigation into the attack on the Capitol and the efforts to overturn the 2020 election
0:26.0	results to keep Donald Trump in power.
0:28.6	Today we learned that the secretaries of state in both New Mexico and Pennsylvania have
0:32.8	been interviewed by federal prosecutors.
0:34.7	We also know now that Jared Kushner and Hope Hicks testified to the grand jury.
0:39.4	Now, look, we cover developments in the federal probe every day and we have our lawyers Glenn
0:43.7	Kersner and Paul Butler joining us later in the hour to talk about these developments.
0:48.3	Plus, Donald Trump's desperate legal filing in Georgia today and the possibility of a new
0:52.8	person being charged in the classified documents case.
0:56.7	I want to start by looking at the bigger picture and ask why we absolutely need to hold everyone
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