The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now.

Ali Velshi is in for Lawrence. Good evening out.

You know, Miles is right. I've interviewed John Bolton for years. Can't say one time we've ever

been on the same side of a policy issue. Most recently it was after he had his security removed

after an assassination threat by the Iranians for something, by the way, that I think

he shouldn't have done in the first place. But the bottom line is we sort of, you know, stand by the

idea that we don't go for assassination threats. I think I think you're right.

Alliances that you had, allegiances that you had, party views that you shared,

count for nothing anymore.

Yeah.

I mean, Donald Trump called John Bolton a whole bunch of things today for a guy who was really close to.

Yeah.

And I think, you know, the line here is the line of, from their perspective, the line is who's in the Maga Coulton who's out.

Yeah. And the line for everyone else is like who stands for the freedom, the liberty, the democratic spirit of self-governance and the constitutional order and who doesn't. We'll continue to be honest, my friend. Thank you. You have yourself a great night and a great evening. We'll see you next week. Thanks. Appreciate it. And as Chris alluded to, we are following an avalanche of breaking news tonight.

Donald Trump's been doing anything and everything to distract from his past relationship with the convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his convicted co-conspirator Galane Maxwell.

Today, in response to a subpoena, Trump's Justice Department delivered its first batch of the Epstein

files more than 30,000 pages to the House Oversight Committee.

There are files that the Republican chairman of that committee, James Colmer, has promised to make

public, but he hasn't said exactly when.

Now, as those 30,000 pages of the Epstein files were handed over to Congress, Donald

Trump seemingly deployed two distractions.

Attorney General Pam Bondi sent FBI agents to search the home of Trump's former national

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