Lawrence: As long as Trump is alive he should face questions about Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

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🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Democrats introduce a resolution opposing clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell. Also, Donald Trump sets off a congressional redistricting battle. And new reporting finds Elon Musk gave $15 million to support Trump and Republicans amid their public feud. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, and Joe Miller join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hey, Lawrence.
0:04.3	Hey, Jen. Thank you very much. We have so much to get to tonight with the breaking news,
0:09.2	especially about what's going on with the Texas legislature. Zoloffrin's going to join us with the
0:15.7	California response to all this, Gavin Newsom, saying we're going to fight fire with fire. We'll find out what the California plan is.
0:24.2	Can't wait to hear about it. We love the fire. Thanks, Jen. Thanks, Lawrence.
0:30.6	We're not meeting to talk about the Epstein situation. Those are the actual words of the least believable vice president in history
0:41.7	today in the Oval Office when his plans for a meeting at the vice president's residence
0:46.4	tonight to talk about the Epstein situation leaked so widely, including to NBC News, that
0:53.1	James David Vance had to deny that he was planning
0:57.8	a meeting to talk about the Epstein situation. He didn't deny the meeting. He simply said,
1:05.3	we're not meeting to talk about the Epstein situation. Every meeting is about the Epstein situation. Every
1:14.4	Trump event and every Trump meeting, Trump administration meeting, Trump White House meeting
1:20.3	is about the Epstein situation. Everything Donald Trump and everyone in his White House is doing
1:25.7	all day, every day now is about the
1:29.1	Epstein situation. It's about how to extract Donald Trump from his personal history with child
1:37.4	rapist Jeffrey Epstein who said, quote, I was Donald's closest friend for 10 years.
1:44.5	That meeting in the Oval Office today where Donald Trump said he was going to impose an illegal unconstitutional, 100% tariff on computer chips was about the Epstein situation.
1:55.9	It was about distracting attention from the Epstein situation.
1:59.4	And it worked with almost all the White House
2:02.2	reporters in the room who were allowed to ask questions. 33 questions were allowed from the White
2:11.8	House press corps in that room. And exactly four of them were about the Epstein situation.
2:18.3	Actually, two questions, each with a follow-up, which is really two questions about the Trump situation,
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