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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

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🗓️ 24 June 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Special counsel Jack Smith wants the classified documents trial to begin in December. Also, The New York Times reports that a former Trump campaign official is in talks to cooperate in the January 6 probe. Plus, Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin declares war on Moscow’s defense ministry. Democrats introduce legislation to expand the Supreme Court. And abortion is motivating voters and candidates post-Roe. Bradley Moss, Glenn Kirschner, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Richard Engel, Sen. Tina Smith, Amanda Litman and Adele McClure join Jonathan Capehart.

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0:00.0	Now, it is time for the last word my friend Jonathan K. Part is in for Lawrence tonight.
0:05.0	Good evening, my friend.
0:06.6	Good evening, Ali.
0:07.6	We've got a lot of breaking news to get to in the classified documents case, but I've
0:12.5	got to get you while I have you as someone who has spent so much time in Ukraine to get
0:18.2	your thoughts on what is happening between the Wagner group head progoshin and Russian
0:25.7	president Vladimir Putin.
0:26.7	Like, is this as serious as I think it would be?
0:30.5	First of all, keep in mind, Russia wouldn't have the success that it's had if not for
0:34.6	progoshin and the Wagner group.
0:37.1	They're mercenaries, they're deadly, but they are actually effective.
0:40.8	And now he's turned and gone back into Russia.
0:43.2	He claimed he's going to fix this situation because he claims that the Russian military
0:48.0	attacked his men.
0:50.2	This has been a long simmering feud between the Russian defense minister and progoshin, but
0:54.8	progoshin says he's doing something about it.
0:57.1	We are unable to confirm any of this.
0:58.9	We have heard reports from the Ukrainians that they have crossed into Russia, that Wagner
1:04.1	group has crossed into Russia.
1:06.3	Progoshin says he's crossed into Russia.
1:08.3	Russia is on high alert.
1:09.3	Moscow has tanks in the streets.
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