Lawrence: I went to Trump's trial and found him in a jail of his own making

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 3 May 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Stormy Daniels’ ex-lawyer details the hush money payment in Trump’s criminal trial. Also, the Nevada abortion rights amendment surpasses the signature threshold for the November ballot. And a court room sketch artist captures the moment Donald Trump “glowered” at Lawrence O’Donnell. Andrew Weissmann, Adam Klasfeld, Sen. Jacky Rosen, and Isabelle Brourman join.

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0:00.0	Now it's time for the last word with Lawrence O'Donnell. Good evening,
0:04.0	Alex. You know, I've been thinking all day. I've been trying to think of when is the last time
0:08.3	I was in a room with Donald Trump. Because I was in a room with him today and I think I'm pretty sure this is correct that it was
0:18.0	13 years ago at the White House Correspondents Dinner when in 2011 when President Obama had some fun with
0:27.2	Donald Trump.
0:28.2	And I was a big one.
0:29.2	Yeah, and I was sitting kind of a couple of tables away like right sideways over there
0:34.6	watching the Trump side of that and get down to the courtroom today to discover
0:41.4	Alex that 13 years later his hair is exactly the same color.
0:46.6	It hasn't aged, it hasn't aged a bit.
0:51.4	Like a fine fine wine. Yeah, so there's a fine, fine wine.
0:53.0	Yeah, so there's a lot.
0:55.0	There's a lot to talk about in that room.
0:57.0	I feel like there's a number of premises of jokes, like Donald Trump and Lawrence O'Donnell walk into a courtroom. Yeah, yeah, and it turns out
1:06.1	there that I hope you explore. When he was walking out there was kind of a moment and we're gonna we're gonna get to that. A moment. We're looking forward to get to that a moment.
1:13.0	I'm looking forward to more on that, Lawrence.
1:15.0	That's a deep tease, as they say in our business.
1:18.0	Thank you, Alex.
1:19.0	Here we go.
1:20.0	Thank you.
1:21.0	Thank you. Thank you.
1:22.0	Well, at 4.26 p.m. today,
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