Lawrence: In newly public emails Epstein says 'of course' Trump 'knew about the girls'

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump is repeatedly mentioned in newly public Epstein emails. Plus, House Speaker Mike Johnson plans a vote on Epstein next week, as the Trump White House fails to contain the crisis. Rep. Ro Khanna, Andrew Weissmann, and Barry Levine join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Now it's time for the last word with Lawrence O'Donnell, which starts right now. Hey Lawrence.
0:05.4	Hey, Jen. We have to be ready for a really, really big and crazy newsday tomorrow. No kidding.
0:14.4	Because Donald Trump is going to want to change the subject as only he can using the powers of the presidency.
0:23.7	So if you're a small country who Donald Trump has threatened to invade, tomorrow could be the day
0:29.2	because he needs to get this subject changed away from those Jeffrey Epstein emails about him. That is such a good warning. No one likes playing battleship like a little boy more than that man. And that is a good warning of people out there to get a good night's sleep, I guess. Yeah, I really think tomorrow night's going to be a bigger news night than tonight. Yeah, well, we'll see. I'm going to go home and get sleep now.
0:54.5	You better.
0:54.8	You're better.
0:56.5	Thanks, Jen.
0:57.4	Thanks, Lawrence.
0:57.8	Thank you.
0:59.8	If you're in a mood to thank someone, thank Amy Schuster.
1:05.9	That is what I would have told our first guest tonight before he tweeted this at 9.56 AM.
1:12.8	The only reason these emails are out is Lawrence had the survivor's lawyers on
1:20.0	who gave me the tip to subpoena the estate.
1:24.5	Why did Justice or the FBI not get and release these?
1:28.8	Congressman O'Connor was booked on this program on July 23rd of this year.
1:35.0	He followed that night an appearance by attorney Brad Edwards, who revealed in our discussion
1:40.3	that the way for Congress to obtain a massive trove of information about Jeffrey Epstein
1:45.4	would be to subpoena Jeffrey Epstein's estate. Brad Edwards said that he knows the attorneys
1:51.7	handling the Epstein estate, and he is sure that they would immediately comply with such a
1:56.5	subpoena. And he was right. Brad Edwards was booked on this program that night by Amy Schuster,
2:02.6	whose job is to find us the best lineup of guests possible for this program, and she does
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