First week of testimony in Trump hush money trial wraps

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 27 April 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: David Pecker testifies AMI bought the Karen McDougal story to influence the 2016 election. Also, Trump’s immunity case becomes the latest Supreme Court controversy. Plus, the Arizona indictment adds details to the “fake electors” plot. And Tennessee enacts a law allowing teachers to carry guns. Adam Klasfeld, Faith Gay, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Ryan Reilly, TN State Rep. Justin J. Pearson, and Jennifer Aprea join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0	Now it's time for the last word with Ali Belchi in for Lawrence good evening
0:04.2	Ali a fantastic discussion to end the week with my friend thank you you have great
0:07.8	weekend we'll see you next week well today was a special day for defendant
0:11.9	Trump not because it was the eighth day of an historic
0:15.2	criminal trial the sort of which has never been seen in this country.
0:18.9	Today was also the birthday of Donald Trump's third and current wife, Malania Trump.
0:23.0	Now, Malania did not support her husband in court.
0:25.0	Instead, she stayed in Florida for her birthday.
0:28.0	Just to be clear, Malania Trump has had seven other days of this trial that were not her birthday
0:32.0	and neither she nor any other
0:33.5	member of the Trump family have sat in court with Donald Trump at any point in
0:37.3	this trial so far. But Malaria's birthday was such a big deal to Donald
0:42.1	Trump that he used his first moments walking
0:45.8	into court to complain about having to sit in court rather than to be with his
0:52.2	third and current wife on her birthday.
0:55.0	Then this text message went out to Trump supporters.
0:58.0	From Trump, I'd love to be with Malania on her birthday, but instead I'm stuck in court.
1:05.6	The message went on to say, while I'm away from my family, I'm humble asking you for,
1:10.9	to please stand by my side today. Stand by my side in case you haven't
1:16.1	figured it out is code for send cash. Today Donald Trump also repeated a lie
1:21.1	that he's told over and over quote I'm at the heavily guarded courthouse security Trump also
1:25.0	that he's told over and over, quote, I'm at the heavily guarded courthouse. Security is that of Fort Knox, all so that MAGA will not be able to attend this trial.
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