Why Bob Woodward says the federal elections case against Trump is the ‘most important’

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: A judge seeks more information before ruling on the Mark Meadows hearing. Also, Bob Woodward says Jack Smith’s federal election indictment of Donald Trump is “cleverly designed” for the jury to understand. Plus, Smith’s team reportedly grilled witnesses about Rudy Giuliani’s drinking habits. And President Biden announces the first 10 drugs up for Medicare price negotiations. Amy Lee Copeland, Glenn Kirschner, Bob Woodward and Sen. Amy Klobuchar join Lawrence O’Donnell.

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0:00.0	It is time for the last word with Laurence O'Donnell.
0:02.8	Good evening, Laurence.
0:03.8	Good evening, Ellie.
0:04.8	And of course, you have a great deal of experience with the way these kinds of storms
0:07.9	hit the coast.
0:08.9	There's a lot to worry about there tomorrow morning.
0:11.2	There really is.
0:12.2	And it is that storm surge and people don't think about it because it's not as dramatic
0:15.4	as all the wind.
0:16.4	This is going to be a lot of wind, but there are going to be a lot of people dealing with
0:19.0	much more water than they expected, and our thoughts are with them.
0:22.1	I hope they stay safe tonight.
0:23.7	Thank you, Ellie.
0:24.7	Thank you.
0:25.7	All right, Laurence, have a good show.
0:26.7	One big question, looming over Donald Trump's criminal defense strategy and the criminal
0:31.1	cases against him in Washington, D.C. and in Georgia is, how drunk does your lawyer have
0:37.2	to be before you stop following his advice?
0:41.6	New reporting tonight says that Special Prosecutor Jack Smith's investigators asked grand jury
0:46.3	witnesses in Washington, D.C. how drunk Rudolph Giuliani was when he was advising Donald Trump.
0:53.6	It is a crucial legal question for the Trump defense team who have already said they
1:00.8	intend to use an advice of council defense, blaming everything Donald Trump did on the
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