they are night owls, obviously. yeah, okay. you get the justins, we get the alexander twins. okay that s the way we will leave it. thank you, alex. have a good show! thanks. tonight, there is a new trump defense, bravado. votto is a spanish word which, and current american english, usage means boasting, exaggerating, which, in legal terms, means lying. so, the new trump defense tonight is i was lying. on this program, we pledge to bring to you, as soon as it is available, as soon as we have already done, every word of donald trump s defense in the case of united states of america versus donald j trump, in which donald trump stands accused of 37 counts of violating federal law, including the espionage act, and his illegal possession of government documents, including highly classified documents. today, donald trump answered questions about the two minute audio recording that flooded cable news last night, including this program. the audio recording seems to review
we will see you again tomorrow. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. with lawrence o do i think yoa booking for over the alexander twins. we have the exclusive! i know, c ten pm is too late for them, right? i m not going to be able they are the alexander twins they are night owls, obviously. yeah, okay. you get the justin, we get the alexander twins. okay that s the way we will leave it. thank you, alex. have a good show! thanks. tonight, there is a new trump defense, bravado. votto is a spanish word which, and current american english, usage means boasting, exaggerating, which, in legal terms, means lying. so, the new trump defense tonight is i was lying. on this program, we pledge to bring to you, as soon as it is available, as soon as we have already done, every word of donald trump s defense in the case of united states of america versus donald j trump, in which donald trump stands accused of 37 counts of vi
ac 360 starts right now. all right. the breaking news, and it is big, just a week after colorado did it, maine becomes the second state to bar donald trump from its republican primary ballot. john berman here in for anderson in the decision from maine s secretary of state cannot be any plainer. quoting now, he is not qualified to hold the office of the president under section 3 of the 14th amendment, period. she joins us momentarily. this comes on a day in which the former president was temporarily back on colorado s ballot pending a supreme court decision. cnn s katelyn polantz joins us now with this breaking news out of maine. what can you tell us about this decision, katelyn? john, there is a lot of meat to what secretary of state shanna bellows wrote from maine today in her ruling. one, january 6th was an insurrection. she made that finding. two, donald trump engaged in that insurrection. three, that means he s not qualified to be on the primary ballot in maine. and
about this breaking news of donald trump removed from the ballot by the secretary of state in maine. our coverage continues with erin burnett outfront right now. outfront next, breaking news. donald trump removed from maine s ballot. we are reading through this decision right now. plus newly revealed e-mails and audio recordings showing how team trump made a chaotic and frenzied push to overturn the election. and five years in russian captivity. cnn has new exclusive audio of paul whelan making a desperate plea from behind bars directly to president biden. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. breaking news tonight. donald trump kicked off another state s 2024 ballot. maine s democratic secretary of state just moments ago issuing a decision which bars trump from that state s ballot. she cites the insurrection ban. the decision can be appealed in state court. an appeal that is almost guaranteed given trump s legal team had already demande
it is pages long, it appears to be holding it up. we hear audio reaction from people who seem to be seeing what he is holding up. presumably, jack smith has the grand jury testimony of every person who was there, and possibly among one or more of those people. jack smith has a description of what donald trump was holding up. if jack smith doesn t have that, then is there a chance that the defense we are hearing from donald trump can work? you know, i don t think there is a chance it can work, lawrence. the 64,000 dollar question is, when jack smith compelled these witnesses to testify, did they tell the complete truth, for did they still feel that sort of pull of loyalty or allegiance, or fear, or whatever it is, i can t say i understand, it that motivates