Lawrence: Trump's own lawyer just quoted Trump committing a crime

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump pleads not guilty to trying to overturn the 2020 election. Also, Trump lawyer John Lauro makes new comments about Trump. Glenn Kirschner, Andrew Weissmann, Timothy Heaphy and Barbara McQuade join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	Now it is time for the last word with Lawrence O'Donnell, good evening, Lawrence.
0:04.3	Good evening, Alex.
0:05.3	And on this extraordinary day and night, Andrew Weisman is going to join me.
0:11.2	And he's going to join me for the full hour.
0:14.1	He has been granted taking naps during commercial breaks.
0:19.2	So the commercial breaks, if I just want to say this to the audience, if the commercial
0:22.7	breaks feel longer than usual, it's because we're trying to wake Andrew for the next
0:27.8	segment.
0:28.8	He got the naps written into his contract.
0:30.8	I haven't gotten that yet.
0:32.1	I think I have to be on air for another year before they'll give me that.
0:34.9	Well, you got to start your day at awful lot earlier like Andrew did and basically work
0:39.1	all day.
0:40.1	Well, I'll be watching and waiting in the nap break, Lawrence.
0:44.0	Okay.
0:45.0	Thanks, Alex.
0:46.0	Have a good show.
0:47.0	Well, the breaking news at this hour tonight is the astonishing news that Donald Trump's
0:52.2	criminal defense lawyer, John Laroah, who did a very solid and serious job in the courtroom
0:58.1	today during Donald Trump's third criminal arrangement of the year, where Donald Trump
1:03.4	once again pleaded not guilty.
1:06.2	That lawyer then went on television and in effect, pleaded Donald Trump guilty to the charge
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