Lawrence: Trump’s lie about Iran school bombing disgraces the American presidency

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Democrats demand answers from Pete Hegseth on the Iran school attack. Also, the Georgia special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene heads to a runoff. Plus, Epstein accountant Richard Kahn testifies to Congress. And Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says the Justice Department and the FBI must retain records on the Epstein files. Rep. Adam Smith, Sen. Jon Ossoff, Rep. Ro Khanna, and Andrew Weissmann join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hey, Lawrence.
0:04.0	Hey, John. Big news in Georgia last night with the Democrat coming in first in the vote count in Marjorie Taylor Green's district. We're going to ask Senator John Ossoff, Georgia, what he makes of that one. I can't wait to hear what he has to say about that.
0:21.0	Probably feels pretty good about it, Lawrence, but I can't wait to hear what he has to say about that. Probably feels pretty good about it, Lawrence, but I can't wait to hear what he has to say.
0:25.1	I think he should.
0:26.1	We'll get to it.
0:27.1	Thanks, Jen.
0:28.1	Thank you.
0:29.0	Thank you.
0:31.2	They are going to lie.
0:34.0	They had already proven that to us before Donald Trump decided to start the most expensive war in American history.
0:42.5	They're going to lie.
0:44.2	They're going to lie about how much it cost.
0:46.5	They're going to lie about everything about it.
0:48.5	That's what they do.
0:50.4	They lie the way Donald Trump has taught them to lie.
0:53.8	They have proved they are willing to lie about anything as long as they can lie about it.
1:02.2	They know, in many cases, the truth will come out and expose some of their lies.
1:09.3	Christy Noem knows now that her lies about Renee Good and Alex Pretti being domestic terrorists in Minneapolis
1:14.8	who deserve to be murdered by Donald Trump's invasion forces eventually collapsed under the weight of the truth,
1:22.9	the video recorded truth.
1:26.5	And when their lies collapse, they will pretend they never lied.
1:31.6	And in Donald Trump's deeply perverse case, as we have known from the start about him,
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