Lawrence: Donald Trump cares more about prosecuting James Comey than his own war in Iran

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Pete Hegseth faces his second day of questioning on the Iran war. Plus, gas prices surge as Trump's war in Iran drags on. Also, the New York Times petitions the court to unseal Epstein's purported suicide note. And MS Now has new reporting on Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's pursuit of the James Comey investigation. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Nicholas Kristof, Rep. Ro Khanna, and Rep. Jamie Raskin join Lawrence O'Donnell.

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0:00.0	The last with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hi, Lawrence.
0:04.4	Hey, Jen. I have to turn up my volume now that I'm able to hear your voice, which as people might be guessing is right behind me here.
0:15.8	Now they know they see the interwork in our workings here.
0:19.0	Welcome to backstage here at the last
0:21.9	we're getting ready here. We are, Jen, we had the speaker of the house today say twice. We are not at
0:29.8	war. We are not at war, which gives me the feeling we are at war. And they have no idea how to deal with it now. No clue. We're approaching 60 days. They see
0:42.9	the public sentiment. They see the gas prices. They got a big problem on their hands to state the
0:49.5	obvious. Yep. And we're going to get right to it this hour. Thanks, Jen. Sounds good.
0:54.9	Thanks.
1:04.4	Here is Oscar winner, Robert De Niro, proving in his own way that Donald Trump is lying once again.
1:07.6	They whacked him.
1:08.3	The fucking whack him. They whacked him. The fucking whack me.
1:12.7	They whacked him.
1:15.2	Not they 86ed him.
1:21.0	In the Oscar-nominated script of Goodfellas written by Nick Pelleggie and Martin Scorsese, not a single mob guy uses the term 86 for anything.
1:28.3	It appears Donald Trump was hate watching this program last night when I once again read
1:33.0	Merriam-Wibster's explanation of the etymology of the slang use of 86.
1:40.9	Quote, 86's slang, meaning to throw out, to get rid of, or to refuse service to.
1:49.1	It comes from 1930s soda counter slang, meaning that an item was sold out.
1:55.9	Friends of mine who worked in restaurants and are currently working in restaurants have been
2:00.0	texting me to say
2:01.0	that they use 86 all the time to mean they have run out of something.
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