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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence: Trump's lawyer just previewed what Trump will say if found guilty

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

News, Congress, President, Government, Policy, Versant Media, Senate, Washington, Ms Now, Versant, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: Trump’s trial is set for March 4, 2024 in the federal election case. Also, Mark Meadows takes the stand in the Georgia hearing. And three people are killed by a racist shooter in Jacksonville, Florida. Neal Katyal, Amy Lee Copeland, Gwen Keyes Fleming and Barbara McQuade join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0

Well, in the most shocking legal news of the day, most surprising news that we have not yet

0:07.8

fully processed because we do not have a transcript of the proceedings yet.

0:13.3

Criminal defendant Mark Meadows actually testified in court in Georgia today under oath

0:19.7

in the hope of moving his criminal trial from state court to federal court,

0:25.0

which won't really change the nature of the trial, but Mark Meadows and his lawyer apparently

0:29.4

believe that moving the case to federal court is so important that it was worth risking Mark Meadows

0:38.1

testifying under oath testimony that could be used against him. We could get a transcript of

0:45.5

that proceeding today at any moment and if we do, we're stopping everything and just trying to

0:51.1

look at that Mark Meadows testimony in detail. We know that in essence, Mark Meadows testified

0:56.4

that he believed that everything that he has accused of doing in Fulton County Justice

1:01.3

Attorney Faunny-Willis's criminal case against him fell within his legitimate duties as White

1:07.6

House Chief of Staff. We have our team of Georgia legal experts to guide us through what we do know

1:14.1

about Mark Meadows testimony today, even though we don't know every word of it, and the hearing

1:20.8

that today that amounted to a mini trial of the Georgia case with Georgia Secretary of State

1:26.9

Brad Rappensberger testifying for the prosecution and the lawyers presenting final arguments

1:33.9

at the end of the testimony today. It was just like a one-day little trial, but we will cover

1:40.0

the legal news of the day sequentially, meaning we will begin with the 10AM hearing in Washington,

1:48.3

in the courtroom of federal judge Tanya Chutkin, where she set a trial date of March 4th

1:55.4

for the case of the United States of America versus Donald J. Trump. We do have a full transcript

2:01.2

of that hearing this morning, and it ended with what will be the first words of defendant Donald

2:08.0

Trump's appeal of the case if he is found guilty. After listening to Donald Trump's lawyer,

2:16.1

argued for a two-year delay, more two and a half year delay of the trial, and listening to

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