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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence: As criminal as Nixon was, he had more respect for the Constitution than Trump

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

NBC News

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

4.45.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: California sues Donald Trump, calling his tariffs “unlawful.” Also, a bipartisan bill would end any tariff not passed by Congress in 60 days. Plus, a federal judge finds probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt over deportation flights. And voters flood town halls and rallies fearing DOGE cuts. California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Sen. Maria Cantwell, Rep. Daniel Goldman, and Rep. Melanie Stansbury join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0

All right, that's going to do it for me tonight.

0:01.8

I will see you again tomorrow and every night this week at 9 p.m. Eastern.

0:05.6

But now it is time for the last word with the great.

0:08.6

Lawrence O'Donnell.

0:09.3

Good evening, Lawrence.

0:10.7

Rachel, I have to tell you, there's so many memorable moments and interviews I've had watching your hour of television tonight.

0:19.5

Senator Van Hollen from El Salvador is one of the real

0:23.8

high points. It was just an amazing situation to be in that he's there, the reason he's there,

0:31.1

and your interview with him was absolutely riveting from start to finish.

0:36.5

Thank you. I mean, I feel really lucky that we were able to get him.

0:39.9

I mean, it's very affecting to me to see him standing alone.

0:43.7

There's all these members of Congress, Democratic members of Congress and senators who said,

0:46.5

we'll go with you.

0:47.6

You know, like, let's go as a phalanx.

0:49.9

And he just said, he went down there on his own senior senator from Maryland and said,

0:53.8

this guy's my constituent.

0:55.0

I told his mother and I told his wife that I would try to get him out.

0:58.3

I told them I would do everything that I could.

1:00.5

This is me trying to do everything that I can.

1:03.0

And he said, he'd said in the interview, you know, like he may be back next week and that

1:07.1

other members of Congress are going to be there too.

1:09.5

And he believes that they are going to get him out. A court order should be all it takes. But in this case, it's going to take

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