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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Jury begins deliberating in Trump hush money trial

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

NBC News

Policy, Msnbc, Politics, President, Washington, Congress, Government, Senate, News

4.45.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: Judge Merchan delivers jury instructions in Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Also, the classified documents case judge denies Jack Smith’s motion to stop Trump’s attacks on law enforcement. Plus, President Biden and Vice President Harris court Black voters in Philadelphia. And Biden performs stronger in polls among likely voters. Andrew Weissmann, Adam Klasfeld, Bradley Moss, Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler, Pennsylvania Rep. Joanna McClinton, and Simon Rosenberg join Katie Phang.

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0:00.0

Now it is time for the last word with my buddy Katie Feng who's in for Lawrence.

0:05.0

Katie I haven't seen you yesterday since we were sweating it out in the overflow room.

0:09.0

It was definitely not cold contrary to what Donald Trump likes to tell people that it's a quote

0:14.8

icebox I actually think we were all profusely sweating but it could have been

0:18.8

because there's just so much at stake but Alex Malcolm Kignata one of the brightest

0:23.4

brightest stars in Pennsylvania I'm a huge fan I'm glad you got a chance to talk

0:27.1

he's a star he's a star he's available in the 10 p.m hour to know he's now

0:30.4

he can also stay with us you know you can hang out in our A block a little bit if you would like.

0:34.4

Yeah, no, we're not doing that tonight, my friend, but bless you for the suggestion.

0:39.7

Have a wonderful show.

0:40.9

Thanks, Alex. And today it's 421 days since Donald Trump was indicted

0:46.8

on charges of falsifying business records to pay off porn star Stormy Daniels

0:51.6

in an attempt to hide their affair in the final days of the 2016 election.

0:56.3

And a 12-person jury of New York citizens began a historic process.

1:00.8

Deliberations to determine whether to convict a former US president of any of the 34 felony counts.

1:07.0

Trump was at the courthouse today, where he has been every day, there has been trial, and where he must remain every day the jury

1:14.6

deliberates his fate. Here is how one court reporter captured Trump after the

1:20.2

jury left the courtroom.

1:28.0

Todd Blanch appeared to gently shake Trump awake, nudging his shoulder as the six alternates filed out of the courtroom

1:31.0

and he was the only person

1:33.0

still sitting down.

1:35.3

Judge Wannmershod handed the case over to the seven men

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