NY A.G. releases Trump deposition video from April 2023

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 20 January 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump is “planning on testifying” in the E. Jean Carroll defamation suit. Also, President Biden again stresses a two-state solution to Benjamin Netanyahu. Plus, the U.S. is now producing more oil than any other country. And the Virginia House swears in its first Black speaker. Neal Katyal, Susanne Craig, Aaron David Miller, Tracy Alloway, and Virginia House Speaker Don Scott join Ali Velshi.

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0:00.0	Now it's time for the last word with Ali Belshi who is in for Lawrence O'Donnell.
0:04.7	Good evening, Ali.
0:05.7	Good evening, Alex.
0:06.7	Have yourself a great weekend.
0:07.7	We'll see you next week.
0:08.0	You too.
0:08.7	And good evening to all of you at home.
0:10.1	We're tracking a number of developments in Donald Trump's many ongoing legal challenges,
0:14.1	including the news that on Monday, defendant Donald Trump may become witness Donald Trump.
0:20.7	A source close to Donald Trump tells NBC News that he is quote planning on
0:24.0	testifying end quote in his own defense when trial resumes next week in E. Jean Carroll's
0:30.0	civil defamation suit against the disgraced
0:32.7	former president.
0:34.0	Now the decision to testify would come with a great deal of risk for
0:36.9	Trump because in court he's not allowed to lie about her
0:41.3	or about what a jury found that he did to her. That's already been settled.
0:46.0	Today, newly released video from an under oath deposition in another Trump case,
0:52.0	the penalties for Trump's civil fraud are currently being decided
0:54.8	by a New York State judge, that deposition shows what we might expect from witness Trump.
1:00.6	I was very busy. I was very busy.
1:04.0	I was, I considered this the most important job in the world, saving millions of lives.
1:09.5	I think you would have had nuclear holocaust if I didn't deal with North Korea. I think you would have had a nuclear holocaust if I didn't deal with North Korea I think you would have had a nuclear
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