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Here are the 5 worst words from Trump’s press conference — and how it could’ve been even worse for his campaign. MSNBC anchor Lawrence O’Donnell broke down the worst part of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus briefing on Tuesday.

Here are the 5 worst words from Trump’s press conference — and how it could’ve been even worse for his campaign

“The day after The Washington Post poll showed Donald Trump a full 15 points behind, Trump tried to revive his presidential campaign in a White House briefing with reporters — that was supposed to be about the coronavirus epidemic in the country,” he explained. “What could possibly go wrong?” “It almost could not have been a bigger disaster for Donald Trump. And I say ‘almost’ because, of course, it can always be a bigger disaster for Trump and the Trump campaign,” he explained.

“And one way it could have been a bigger disaster is if the president had gotten a question about intelligence reports saying that Russia had been paying to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan — 14 questions and not one question about intelligence reports saying that Vladimir Putin saying that they are paying to kill troops in Afghanistan, and the president has done nothing about that.”

Lawrence O’Donnell reveals why Bill Barr and Mike Pompeo are hiring ‘criminal defense’ lawyers. Two cabinet officials are so deep in President Donald Trump’s abuse of office scandals that they are being forced to hire criminal defense attorneys, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explained on Monday.

Lawrence O’Donnell reveals why Bill Barr and Mike Pompeo are hiring ‘criminal defense’ lawyers

The host noted that, “The Wall Street Journal broke the news today that Mike Pompeo is now a direct witness to the most important evidence in the impeachment investigation. He listened in on the phone call with [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky, a senior State Department official said Monday. NBC News also confirmed Mike Pompeo was listening to that phone call, according to a senior State Department official.” “So, whistles are being blown everywhere now,” he noted. “Mike Pompeo was part of what Nancy Pelosi has called the coverup about that phone call. “Every Trump enabler should fear the sound of the next whistle. “Tonight, Mike Pompeo needs a criminal defense lawyer. “The same goes for Attorney General William Barr,” he noted. 's O'Donnell says he should not have reported unverified claim on air about Trump loans. MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell said Wednesday he made an "error in judgment" and should not have reported information about the president’s finances from a single source on air Tuesday night and formally retracted the statement Wednesday night.

's O'Donnell says he should not have reported unverified claim on air about Trump loans

On Tuesday, O'Donnell reported that President Donald Trump's financial records show that some of his loans have Russian co-signers. "The Last Word" host opened his show Wednesday night by saying he repeated statements from a single source that weren't ready for reporting and that he did not go through the network's "rigorous verification and standards process" before repeating it, and that "had it gone through that process, I would not have been permitted to report it. " "Tonight, we are retracting the story," O'Donnell said. Trump threatens to sue NBC over oligarchs report - Knowhere. Donald Trump Sends Legal Demand Over Comment From MSNBC's Lawrence O’Donnell. President Donald Trump is ratcheting up his war with the media, as if such thing was conceivable.

Donald Trump Sends Legal Demand Over Comment From MSNBC's Lawrence O’Donnell

On Wednesday, his personal attorney Charles Harder threatened NBCUniversal with a defamation suit over what was broadcast the previous night on MSNBC's The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell. A missive sent to NBCU headquarters, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, also addresses a related tweet. According to Harder's demand letter, "The Program and Tweet make the false and defamatory statements that 'Russian oligarchs' co-signed loans provided to Mr.

Trump by Deutsche Bank, and described these 'co-signers' as 'Russian billionaires close to Vladimir Putin.'” Harder is also warning others against republishing the allegedly false statement. In a tweet following Harder's letter, O'Donnell wrote, "Last night I made an error in judgment by reporting an item about the president’s finances that didn’t go through our rigorous verification and standards process. MSNBC declines comment. Deutsche Bank has Trump’s taxes — and loan applications cosigned by Russian oligarchs: report. Enjoy this piece?

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‘Try that in court – that’s a lie’: Lawrence O’Donnell blasts Huckabee Sanders’ ‘first grade’ wall response

While reporters asked questions like it was a normal day, she refused to provide any answers, because she had none. “Once again, the press secretary could not answer the question of why is the president threatening a government shutdown over the wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for,” O’Donnell said. “Now that the president has switched from threatening Mexico about paying for the wall to threatening the United States Congress about paying for the wall, threatening the American people about paying for the wall, naturally, the White House got this question today.”

He showed a clip of Sanders saying that she didn’t think the effort to have Mexico pay for the wall was abandoned.