MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell hits Russiagate Rock Bottom

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🗓️ 3 September 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Aaron Maté slams MSNBC’s latest Russiagate dud, exposing how Lawrence O’Donnell’s embarrassing retraction is part of a pattern of bogus conspiracy theories that push the limits of political self-satire. * Pushback with Aaron Maté * Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate Pushback on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pushbackshow Aaron Maté on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaronjmate Pushback on YouTube: http://youtube.com/thegrayzone Listen to Pushback on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/pushbackshow Subscribe to the Pushback podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pushback-with-aaron-mate/id1478159781 Find transcripts and more at https://thegrayzone.com/pushback thegrayzone.com/pushback Find more reporting at https://thegrayzone.com

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0:00.0	When it comes to RussiaGate, there have been too many embarrassing media stories to count.
0:08.0	And somehow, after nearly three years of this, the most discredited journalists are finding new ways to discredit themselves.
0:15.0	The latest is Lawrence O'Donnell of MSNBC.
0:19.0	Speaking to another prominent Russia conspiracy theorist, Rachel Maddo,
0:22.9	O'Donnell shared this bombshell claim.
0:25.2	This single source close to Deutsche Bank has told me that Donald Trump's loan documents there
0:32.6	show that he has co-signers.
0:36.2	That's how he was able to obtain those loans and that the cosigners. That's how he was able to obtain those loans.
0:39.4	And that the cosigners are Russian oligarchs.
0:44.8	What?
0:46.3	Really?
0:47.6	That would explain, it seems to me,
0:50.6	every kind word Donald Trump has ever said
0:53.2	about Russia and Vladimir Putin, if true.
0:56.5	Well, it turns out it's not true, or at least there's no evidence for it.
1:00.8	According to MSNBC, Lawrence O'Donnell's information came from a single source
1:05.4	who has not seen the bank records.
1:07.8	And so, O'Donnell had to retract his story after less than 24 hours.
1:11.6	I should not have said it on air or posted it on Twitter. I was wrong to do so. This
1:17.6	afternoon, attorneys for the president sent us a letter asserting the story is false. They
1:22.6	also demanded a retraction. Tonight we are retracting the story.
1:26.6	But in the process of walking back his story, O'Donnell also said this.
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