Lawrence: Trump's WSJ suit claims he's been damaged. Epstein is the one who did a lot of damage.

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

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🗓️ 19 July 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump sues the Wall Street Journal over the story on the alleged letter sent to Jeffrey Epstein bearing Trump’s name. Also, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden is investigating Epstein’s financial network. And the White House dodges one reporter’s question after Trump tells an imagined story about his uncle and the Unabomber. Mimi Rocah, Tim O’Brien, Matthew Goldstein, and Andrew Feinberg join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now.
0:04.0	Hi, Lawrence.
0:04.6	Hey, Melissa, I think we have to admit that it is art.
0:10.6	I just think we have no choice.
0:13.9	Live by the Sharpie, die by the Sharpie.
0:15.5	There we go.
0:15.9	There we go.
0:16.8	Thanks, Melissa.
0:17.3	Have a great show.
0:17.9	Thank you.
0:19.4	Well, if you're looking for signs that Donald Trump is terrified, listen to the silence.
0:28.6	Donald Trump went silent today all day about the scandal he is now drowning in because of his relationship with a child rapist, a rich child rapist,
0:41.4	raper of children, who was found dead in his cell in a federal prison in Manhattan,
0:47.6	awaiting trial, federal trial for sex trafficking charges in a prison that was controlled by Donald Trump's Justice Department
0:58.7	at the time. Donald Trump is the only president in history who has had such a friend,
1:06.6	who he is now claiming was not his friend. J.D. Vance went silent today about Donald Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
1:15.4	The last thing J.D. Vance said about it last night was the worst thing J.D. Vance could have
1:21.2	said last night. J.D. Vance in a social media post demanded the release of the letter that the Wall Street Journal published, wrote an article about last night, which it says bears Donald Trump's name and is a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 that ends with the line, may every day be another wonderful secret.
1:49.3	Donald Trump has not demanded the release of that letter.
1:53.9	Donald Trump spent the whole day not demanding the release of that letter.
1:58.9	And then tonight, when Donald Trump filed a lawsuit in federal court in Southern Florida,
2:05.0	suing the Wall Street Journal and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, Donald Trump's lawsuit does not demand
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