Lawrence: In NY courtroom, Trump's now just another guy from Queens in trouble

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump appears in court for the New York fraud case. Also, Trump co-defendant Scott Hall pleads guilty in the Georgia case. Plus, Justice Clarence Thomas recuses himself as the Supreme Court refuses to hear John Eastman’s appeal. And 31 Democratic senators are calling for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign. Adam Klasfeld, Tim O’Brien, Andrew Weissmann, Amy Lee Copeland and Rep. Andy Kim join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Well, Donald Trump went to court today, and once again, New York City did not care.
0:06.7	Now you might recall that there was much misplaced public worry about what could happen
0:11.8	the very first time defendant Trump had to go to court in New York City facing his first
0:17.0	criminal indictment, what seemed like years ago, but was actually a very pleasant spring
0:24.7	day only six months ago. Donald Trump has been indicted three more times since then in
0:32.0	much more serious cases, making that first court appearance in New York as a criminal
0:37.4	defendant, a distant memory now. Donald Trump publicly begged his supporters then to show
0:44.0	up and protest in Manhattan on that day when they refused to come. Even though there are
0:53.3	millions and millions of Trump voters living within an hour's drive of Manhattan and thousands
1:00.5	living in Manhattan itself. A couple of dozen very peaceful Trump supporters showed up that
1:07.0	day. I went down there and I walked among them that day correctly, having absolutely no
1:12.0	fear at all of what they might do, especially because the violent Trump supporters who were
1:18.4	willing to riot for him were already in prison or out on bail awaiting trial for the attack on
1:26.0	the Capitol on January 6th. One of the effects, intended effects of criminal prosecution is deterrence
1:36.4	and every potentially violent Trump nut in America. Now knows that there is nothing Donald Trump
1:45.6	can do to save them from going to prison if they want to go to an American courthouse and go to
1:55.4	war for Donald Trump. So there hasn't been a width of violence or any even unruly protest at any
2:07.1	of the Trump court appearances. And today in Manhattan, Donald Trump became just another guy
2:13.2	from Queens whose life took enough wrong turns for him to end up as a defendant in the Manhattan
2:19.3	courthouse. He is a civil defendant in this case charged with fraud by New York State's attorney
2:25.7	general. Donald Trump has obviously decided to attend the trial not because of what happens in
2:30.7	the courtroom, but so that he can dominate the media coverage of the trial by making statements
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