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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Fmr. FBI Director James Comey indicted after pressure from Trump

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

Policy, Ms Now, Versant Media, Versant, Msnbc, Politics, President, Washington, Congress, Government, Senate, News

4.45.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: Rep. Jamie Raskin decries Donald Trump’s “unprecedented campaign of vengeance” in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi. Also, Trump uses the Comey indictment to distract from scandals. Plus, Trump changes his words, but not U.S. policy on Ukraine. And Trump’s attack on free speech backfires. Rep. Jamie Raskin, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Rep. Eugene Vindman, and Michael Grynbaum join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0

The last word with Alleyville.

0:02.1

She starts right now.

0:03.1

Hey, Allie.

0:03.6

Looking forward to seeing you IRL. It doesn't happen all that often. I know. Me too. I'm me too. IRL. You're so hip. It's the fun. Right. It's the fun of not only being amongst your colleagues, but amongst all these people we talk to or hear from or sometimes don't talk to or hear from to be out there. and it just feels like a lot of energy at a time when I think we can all use it. It's so great. I was one of my favorite days last year. It felt like a community. And people feel like a community together. And they'll ask you questions like, what's Lawrence like in real life, you know? What is he, what kind of coffee does

0:38.3

he drink? Or what's, what's Rachel? She wear that black jacket all the time, you know? It's, it's very real questions. It's so enjoyable. And about real issues, too. Yeah, but, but I think we can all use that community. You have yourself a great weekend, my friend. Thanks, All right. For anyone out there who's still wondering, yes, this is all about Donald Trump's retribution for himself.

0:59.4

After Donald Trump told Pam Bondi on social media to indict former FBI director James Comey on the charge of making a false statement to Congress about an FBI leak regarding Hillary Clinton, Trump

1:12.9

now says there will be others. Trump posted on social media tonight. I'd like to thank

1:17.8

Cash Patel and the outstanding members of the FBI for their brilliant work on the recent

1:22.2

indictment of the worst FBI director in the history of our country, James Dirty Cop Comey. The level of enthusiasm by the FBI

1:29.6

was incredible, but only caused by the fact that they knew Comey for what he is and was a total slime ball.

1:37.1

Again, thank you to the FBI, and specifically for those that worked on this case with U.S.

1:42.7

Attorney Lindsey Halligan and the Department of Justice.

1:47.2

I'm going to come back to that Lindsay Halligan thing in a second. We've got new details,

1:51.0

by the way, on Comey's first court appearance. He will be arraigned Thursday, October 9th in Alexandria,

1:56.0

Virginia, before U.S. District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff, a Biden appointee. The New York Times reports,

2:03.6

the federal judge who will oversee the case against James B. Comey, the former FBI director,

2:07.9

has a long history of working in the courthouse where the charges were brought,

2:11.6

first as a law clerk, then as a public defender, and now a jurist. During Judge Nachmanov's time as a magistrate, he caught a

2:19.6

small taste of the legal drama stemming for Mr. Trump's first term in office. In 2019, he handled

2:25.5

the arraignment of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two associates of Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former

2:31.3

mayor of New York and lawyer for Mr. Trump, who were arrested and charged with

2:35.3

funneling foreign funds into U.S. elections in support of Mr. Trump. The two became subjects of

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