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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence: Trump is using the government shutdown to shut down the Epstein files

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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4.45.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: Rep. Jamie Raskin demands answers about Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly receiving preferential treatment in prison. Also, Republicans let Affordable Care Act subsidies lapse. Plus, Somalia’s health systems are collapsing amid cuts to USAID. And Trump backs a bailout for Argentina while cutting aid to Africa. Rep. Jamie Raskin, Sherrod Brown, Stephanie Nolen, and Nick Kristof join Lawrence O’Donnell.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hey, Lawrence.

0:03.0

Hey, Jen. I have never been interviewed by the Times of London. So if anything shows up in there

0:07.7

with my name, it's another one. Okay, it's another one. Are there other Lawrence O'Donnells out there?

0:12.6

Oh, yeah, yeah. It's in phone books everywhere. Sure. They don't have phone books anymore,

0:17.3

but you know what I mean. I've seen them. They're, I get mail for one or two of them every few years.

0:23.5

So they're open. Unless it's like, unless it quotes the West Wing or says something about the

0:29.2

Senate or calls out Trump's buffoonery, then I won't be sure if it's not you. That's the tricky thing.

0:35.0

We'll see. We'll see. Thanks, Jen. Thanks, Lawrence.

0:37.9

Thank you.

0:39.3

Well, today, an ordinary American girl from an ordinary American family brought down a British

0:47.8

prince with her truth and extraordinary courage.

0:53.7

That is the first sentence of a statement released by the family of a woman who accused

0:59.3

the man who the British until today called Prince Andrew

1:02.9

of raping her when she was 17 years old.

1:08.1

The British press and the press around the world is reporting tonight what the New York

1:13.5

Times calls, quote, an extraordinary punishment that that man named Andrew has now suffered at the

1:21.4

hands of his brother, who is the current claimant of the title King of England. His older brother, a so-called king, had already taken his

1:30.3

house away on the palace grounds and banished him to his still royal country house. And today,

1:36.2

finally, the absurd title has been removed. The extraordinary punishment the New York Times

1:43.6

is referring to is that Andrew

1:45.7

will no longer be called a prince, and quote, will now be known as Andrew Montbatten, Windsor.

1:56.5

And while we're on the subject, Windsor is a fake name too.

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