Trump fills administration with unqualified loyalists

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 14 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: The latest on Trump’s picks to serve in the next Administration. Plus, Republican power grabs in North Carolina. And a shocking stat about local news and voting for Trump in 2024. Dr. Keneshia Grant, Fernand Armandi, Justice Allison Riggs, Anderson Clayton, Amb. Michael McFaul, and Gary Lee join Jason Johnson.

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0:00.0	Now, it's time for the last word with my good friend, Dr. Jason Johnson, who's in for Lawrence.
0:07.7	Jason, how's it going, my friend?
0:09.7	I'm good.
0:10.7	Happy holidays to you.
0:12.2	Thank you, Charles.
0:13.2	And thank you, everyone, for joining us tonight.
0:16.8	Tonight's top political stories are like a newscast from the end times or some terrible
0:22.2	dystopian movie. Today, the next American president was ordered by a federal judge to sit for
0:27.9	a four-hour deposition next week. In a defamation case, Donald Trump brought against ABC News
0:34.2	earlier this year related to Donald Trump being found liable for sexual abuse by a civil
0:39.2	jury. The order issued in federal district court in Miami that Donald Trump's deposition will
0:44.8	quote, be limited to four hours and shall take place in person in this district. Trump's
0:51.5	counsel shall schedule the deposition to take place the week of December 16th,
0:56.7	2024. With Election Day now behind us, there is no reason for any further delay. So,
1:04.5	Trump should take, could take four hours out of his very busy schedule of putting together the
1:09.7	most unqualified cabinet in history
1:11.4	to sit for a deposition next week. It's been two weeks since Donald Trump, a convicted
1:17.0	felon, nominated Charles Kushner, also a convicted felon, as the United States ambassador
1:23.6	to France. Ivanka Trump's father-in-law was pardoned by Trump in December of 2020.
1:29.2	A day later, Donald Trump announced that he was also adding Tiffany Trump's father-in-law
1:34.2	to his administration to serve as his senior advisor for Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs.
1:40.2	Assad Bulos joined Trump in meetings with the Arab American community in Dearborn, Michigan,
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