Lawrence: Trump's the first president in history to say he's 'too busy' to explain a war he's waging

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: The Senate advances a bill to limit Donald Trump’s Iran war powers. Also, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse slams Trump’s “cop beaters' slush fund.” And the Justice Department nixes audits for Trump, his family, and his businesses. Sen. Gary Peters, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Ali Velshi, and Andrew Weissmann join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	The last with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hey Lawrence. Hey, Jen. Wires Kingdom. That's Andrew
0:08.0	Weissman's new book. It's my favorite new book. It's also very short so you can read it very quickly.
0:15.6	It is how to stop Trump's deceit and save America. And that. And this is what I call just in time.
0:22.9	This is exactly what we need from a former federal prosecutor who knows an awful lot about
0:28.1	the way the Justice Department is supposed to work.
0:31.1	We're going to hear from him about the day's events, obviously, which were in some ways
0:36.4	anticipated in this book.
0:38.3	And he's got some fascinating solutions about what can be done going forward from here.
0:44.3	So Andrew's going to join us on that.
0:47.0	I have that book sitting on my bedside table.
0:50.3	We're going to talk to him later this week.
0:52.6	Doing a book interview with Lawrence O'Donnell is also the way to go always.
0:57.1	So I can't wait to hear what you guys talk about.
1:00.6	And he's probably one of the best lawyers out there on TV.
1:04.1	Explains everything in real term ways.
1:05.9	So look forward to watching it.
1:06.9	He's just the best.
1:07.5	We just did one of those big 92nd Street Y events in New York and a packed house for Andrew Weissman hanging on every word in that audience. The book, again, Liars Kingdom, Andrew Weissman, get it right now. It is, it's just a great one.
1:26.3	It's a good one. I'm going to go read. It's on sale now, right?
1:28.5	Okay.
1:28.9	People can go ahead. Good. All right.
1:30.7	Get it right now. Thanks, Jen.
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