this kind of extreme measure. let s not forget our shared humanity and our share faiths. right. that s part of the american contract. it s great to get your perspective on this very difficult issue. s that the show for tonight. now we go to alex warren. we re going to be joined by a former clerk of samuel alito who says justice alito should recuse himself from the trump cases. that former clerk is going to join us to make his case. i am looking forward to hear that clerk s story on something i agree with. the breaking defendant trump news of the night is that donald trump has to give up his guns. donald trump who has had bodyguards for many many years before he had secret service protection, never had any rational reason to carry or even possess a firearm but like many people, who hope that a handgun might make them feel, i don t know, more like a man. donald trump owns three handguns. and he obtained a license to carry a concealed handgun. a license that the new york
that s our show for tonight. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening lawrence. we are joined by a former clerk for supreme court justice samuel alito who says justice alito should recuse himself from the trump cases. that clerk will join us to make her case. i m eager to hear that clerk s argument for something i agree with. i think it will sound familiar. i will be watching. thanks alex. have a good show. breaking defendant trump news of the night is that donald trump has to give up his guns. donald trump who has had bodyguards for many, many years before he had secret service protection. never had any rational reason to carry or even possess a firearm, but like many people who hope that a handgun might make them feel more like a man, donald trump owns three handguns. and he obtained a license to carry a concealed handgun. a license that the new york police department now wants to revoke. under the headline nypd moves to revoke tr
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. And Senior Reporter for the Washington Post,er rinne blake and anna palmer. Carol, let me go to you. You are writing now about how the president sees this interview with Robert Mueller, how his legal team sees the interview. Heres the thing, Rudy Giuliani is talking and talking and talking about this. You know whos not . Roberts mueller. Thats absolutely true, hallie. Robert mueller has been silent and the president s lawyers have been la quashs. But one thing has not changed and thats the essence of donald tru trump, which is he believes hes his best lawyer and own best pr guy and own best thinker and diplomat and in this instance, he does believe and has as we were reported back in the spring, has always believed that if he could just sit down with these people, he could straighten this all out and explain no collusion, this is a hoax. Now, his lawyers also have changed slightly in the sense that some put their
investigation planned and executed the search warrant at mar-a-lago. president trump has been lying and raising money on the lie that the fbi was quote authorized to shoot me. when the fbi executed a search warrant at donald trump s residence in florida. when they knew donald trump is never there and specifically was not there. the prosecutors told the judge that donald trump has been spreading quote a grossly misleading impression about the intentions and conduct of federal law enforcement agents falsely suggesting that they were complicit in a plot to assassinate him and expose those agents some of whom will be witnesses at trial to the risk of threats, violence, and harassment. in another issue to be considered in those hearings later this month, is the defense claim that prosecutors improperly pierced donald trump s attorney client
florida residence, at a time in the middle of the summer when they knew donald trump is never there and specifically was not there. the prosecutors told the judge that donald trump has been spreading quote a grossly misleading impression about the intentions and conduct of federal law enforcement agents falsely suggesting they were complicit in a plot to assassinate him. in another issue to be considered in those hearings later this month, the defense claim that prosecutors improperly pierced donald trump s attorney client relationship by compelling the testimony of one of his criminal defense lawyers to the grand jury that indicted donald trump in the classified documents case. leading off our discussion is