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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW
4.5 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | We are now three days into the second year of Donald Trump's second term. |
| 0:04.3 | And yesterday, the former special counsel, Jack Smith, reminded us of the choice that America and Americans faced in 2024. |
| 0:13.6 | Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity. |
| 0:21.2 | If asked whether to prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, |
| 0:26.8 | I would do so regardless of whether that president was a Democrat or a Republican. |
| 0:32.9 | No one. |
| 0:34.9 | No one should be above the law in this country. |
| 0:39.2 | Seems like a simple thing you learn in school, right? |
| 0:42.0 | No one should be above the law in this country. |
| 0:44.7 | And I don't mean law school. |
| 0:45.6 | I mean, we all learned this. |
| 0:47.3 | And so we were also reminded that the Supreme Court's conservative majority |
| 0:52.1 | gave a green light to Donald Trump's lawlessness |
| 0:55.4 | that has been on display just about every single day since he returned to office. |
| 1:01.9 | Trump's very likely unconstitutional tariffs have made life less affordable for Americans. |
| 1:07.5 | They've increased the strain, the financial strain on small businesses. |
| 1:11.8 | Trump's transactional foreign policy is threats to Greenland specifically and our NATO allies, |
| 1:17.3 | more generally, are alienating our allies and delighting our adversaries like Vladimir Putin. |
| 1:23.5 | There's the $1,408,000,500,000 that Trump has made since returning to office. |
| 1:31.0 | Much of it due to his family's crypto ventures. |
| 1:34.1 | And in blue states and cities that didn't vote for Trump, residents are facing his cruel and brutal |
| 1:39.3 | immigration crackdowns and the deployment of troops as a scare tactic. |
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