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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Republicans downplay Donald Trump’s dangerous immigration rhetoric. Also, Defense Secretary Austin meets with Israeli officials. Plus, Justice Clarence Thomas reportedly pushed for a higher salary. And an Iranian human rights activist is facing a new trial just days after winning a Nobel Peace Prize. Andrew Weissmann, Rep. Robert Garcia, Michael Beschloss, Aaron David Miller, Jamelle Bouie and Masih Alinejad join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0	All right, we begin tonight in the place where democracy in America is still working as it should.
0:06.1	The courts.
0:07.1	It's in the courts where Donald Trump and defendants like him, Trump's former lawyer
0:11.4	Rudy Giuliani and Trump's former chief of staff, Mark Meadows,
0:15.1	are being held accountable for their efforts to help Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his
0:19.6	2020 election loss.
0:21.6	Late today, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Mark Meadows attempt to move his election
0:27.1	racketeering case in Georgia to federal court.
0:30.8	The opinion written by Republican appointee Chief Justice William, Chief Judge
0:34.8	William Pryor rejected the notion that Mark Meadows alleged crimes helping
0:40.4	Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election in Georgia fell within the scope of his official
0:45.6	duties.
0:46.6	Writing, quote, we cannot rubber stamp Meadows legal opinion that the President's Chief of Staff
0:51.0	has unfettered authority, neither the Constitution nor any federal statute, nor
0:55.9	any precedent permits the President's Chief of Staff to oversee, disrupt, or change the
1:01.6	state results of presidential elections end quote
1:05.0	pretty powerful words dismissing this idea of unfettered authority that might
1:10.2	impact claims that Donald Trump is making to excuse his actions trying to
1:15.0	steal the 2020 election leading up to January 6th. And all this comes as
1:19.5	Rudy Giuliani is being sued again today by Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and
1:26.5	Shay Moss who are asking a federal judge for an injunction to permanently stop
1:32.4	Rudy Giuliani from lying about them, which he continued to do even
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