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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Senate Dems demand DOJ release tapes of Blanche-Maxwell interview

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

NBC News

Policy, Msnbc, Politics, President, Washington, Congress, Government, Senate, News

4.45.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: The House Oversight Committee rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s immunity request. Also, former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper launches his U.S. Senate bid. Plus, Trump fails to “make America affordable again.” And Democratic attorneys general sue to block Trump’s SNAP data order. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Barbara McQuade, Jennifer Rubin, Anderson Clayton, Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, and Washington Attorney General Nick Brown join Jonathan Capehart.

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0:00.0

The last word with Jonathan K part. In for Lawrence starts right now. Hey, hey, Jonathan. I almost said, hey, Jonathan. Lawrence, Jonathan. Hey, look, I'll take it. Being called Lawrence is like, is not like it is a high compliment. I'll take it. Totally. Yes, well, there you go. I would be happy to be called Lawrence too. So I hope, I'm glad you're taking it as a compliment.

0:25.2

Yes, ma'am. Go enjoy the rest of your evening. Thank you so much. Have a great show.

0:33.0

Thank you, Jen. Tonight, Donald Trump is changing his story again about his ties to convicted sex trafficker and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Donald Trump now says Jeffrey Epstein, quote, stole employees,

0:42.5

including young women who were working at his Mar-a-Lago resort. NBC News pressed Donald Trump

0:48.8

on his changing story. You said yesterday you're falling out with Jeffrey Epstein was over him taking some of the workers from your business. But your administration in the past said that you threw him out because he was a creeper. So can you explain that? Well, maybe they're the same thing. You know, sort of a little bit of the same thing. But no, he took people that worked for me. And I told him, don't do it anymore, and he did it. I said, stay the hell out of you. President Trump was also asked about Epstein victim, the late Virginia Jewfrey. There's some of them young women. That story's been pretty well out there, and the answer is yes, they were. Yes, they were yes. Yeah. What did they do?

1:28.3

In the spa. Yeah. People that work in the spy. I have a great spa. One of the best spas in the

1:33.6

world in Maralaka. And people were taken out of the spa hired by him. In other words, gun.

1:41.0

And other people would come and complain. This guy is taking people from the spa.

1:46.6

I didn't know that.

1:47.3

And then when I heard about it, I told him.

1:49.6

I said, listen, we don't want you taking our people,

1:52.2

whether it was spa or not spa.

1:54.4

I don't want him taking people.

1:56.4

And he was fine.

1:58.1

And then not too long after that, he did it again.

2:00.9

And I said, out of here.

2:03.0

Mr. President, did one of those stolen, you know, persons that include Virginia

2:08.7

Jeffrey?

2:11.4

I don't know.

2:13.2

I think she worked at the spa.

2:15.8

I think so.

2:17.0

I think that was one of the people.

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