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Good evening, im ali velshi sitting in for lawrence odonnell. We have a very good last word for you. Trumps tangled web. From russia collusion, to the president s tortured relationship with the truth. Well look at it all over the course of this hour. The day began as a growing web of deceit between president and shifting stories between the president and Rudy Giuliani to clean up Rudy Giulianis nowinfamous fox news appearances. Youll remember he revealed that the president reimbursed Michael Coh...

Political stunt, as he tried to get immigration at the forefront and criticize president joe biden. and it also ended up in a lawsuit. >> and who won that one? >> the judge ended up dismissing the lawsuit because the governor, essentially, added funds through the state legislator to continue these types of things. so, it sort of made the point moot. but it was a lawsuit all the same for something that he was going at. >> meanwhile, presidential candidate nikki haley seized on this today. so, wha...

Nixon resigned so it made the point moot. but the fact is while we never tested the idea of a subpoena of a sitting president makes it to the supreme court and results in testimony, not a lot of lawyers i talked to said it cant happen. we seem to have a bit of history that suggests it can. >> watergate special prosecutor leon jaworski, replaced archibald cox, he had the tapes. so he didnt push the point of subpoenaing president nixon. he had enough evidence with the tapes. and they knew it month...

Branch agencies. in the last 10, 15 years the supreme court has taken 2 or 3 census cases. but i -- that means you can get into court. then i dont think its going to win. if the plaintiffs like california are right, you could challenge every single question on the census as being secretly motivated by racism. >> dana: if theyre right doesnt matter if youre a citizen or not. basically, makes that point moot. >> right. >> dana: im not a you are la. >> you dont need to go to law school. >> we want ...