Lawrence: VP Vance wants WSJ to release the Trump letter to Epstein, which could destroy Trump

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🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: The Wall Street Journal reports a letter bearing Donald Trump’s name was sent to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. Also, Senate Democrats demand Emil Bove explain his involvement in the Justice Department withholding Epstein files. And the House Rules Committee approves of a non-binding resolution on the Epstein files. Harry Litman, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, and Rep. Brendan Boyle join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts now. Good evening, Lawrence. Hey, Alicia, you know, I picked
0:06.1	what turns out to be a very interesting week to be working Friday night. I'll be here tomorrow
0:12.3	night. And I have a 24-hour prediction for you, which is, which is this. It seems like the Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein's story is going to be an even
0:25.4	bigger story tomorrow night. It's, as you know, been exploding by the hour tonight, getting
0:33.4	deeper and deeper, worse and worse for Donald Trump, I don't think tomorrow is going to be a
0:38.7	better day for him. I think that is a safe bet, my friend. We will see. 24 hours from now,
0:43.6	we will see. But that's as long as I'll go, by the way, in terms of predictions in Trump world.
0:49.4	The farthest doubt I can possibly see is 24 hours. And even that, just a guess.
0:54.5	Smart man.
0:55.6	Thanks, Alicia.
0:56.8	Thank you.
0:57.3	Thank you.
0:58.3	Well, as the world now knows, the breaking news of the night is that Donald Trump is sinking deeper and deeper into the Jeffrey Epstein scandal with reporting from the Wall Street Journal tonight describing a birthday letter to
1:11.7	Jeffrey Epstein on the occasion of Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday. The Wall Street Journal says
1:20.7	the letter bears Trump's name. And that letter's final line says, Happy birthday and may every day be another wonderful secret.
1:35.3	And Donald Trump's latest panic response to what is now a fully out of control situation for the Trump administration
1:43.3	is a post on social media within the last hour saying,
1:47.8	I have asked Attorney General Pambandi to produce any and all pertinent grand jury testimony
1:54.8	subject to court approval.
1:57.4	It is entirely possible that the court will not approve the release of any of the grand
2:01.8	jury testimony in the case because Jeffrey Epstein's co-defendant and convicted co-conspirator
2:07.7	Jisleine Maxwell is still an active litigant in the case appealing her conviction and the grand jury
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