Lawrence: Trump incriminated himself and his children with one word on the stand

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump makes a crucial admission in the New York civil fraud trial. Also, Rachel Maddow discusses her new book, “Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism.” And Special Counsel Jack Smith rejects Trump’s efforts to dismiss the January 6 case. Adam Klasfeld, Mary Trump, Rachel Maddow, Glenn Kirschner and Barbara McQuade join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Well if you're wondering just how much special treatment Donald Trump gets as a defendant,
0:05.9	the answer is more special treatment than any defendant in American history, much more.
0:14.0	The proof of that once in history level of special treatment
0:20.0	came in a Manhattan courtroom today
0:22.0	when the judge presiding over the civil fraud case against defendant Donald Trump said something that no judge has ever said before speaking directly to
0:37.2	defendant Trump who was sitting under oath in the witness stand.
0:43.1	The judge said to him,
0:45.5	you can attack me.
0:49.4	In the 400 years of courtroom history in America dating back to the colonial courts, no judge
0:57.6	has ever said that in court to any defendant or any witness until today.
1:06.3	That's how much special treatment
1:08.6	Donald Trump is getting.
1:10.7	On the witness stand today, in that fraud case, Donald Trump did not wait for the judge's
1:16.1	permission to attack him.
1:18.8	Donald Trump began attacking the judge instead of answering questions right away.
1:23.4	And he attacked New York's attorney general
1:26.1	from the witness stand, something no witness
1:29.2	has ever done before in a New York courtroom. In one of the judges many failed attempts to get
1:35.8	Donald Trump to answer the questions being put to him by an assistant
1:40.4	attorney general. The judge told Donald Trump, you can attack me, you can
1:46.7	do whatever you want, but answer the questions. Donald Trump did the first two of those things. He attacked the judge. He did whatever he wanted.
1:57.2	But he didn't do the third thing. He did not answer the questions.
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