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Transcripts for MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell 20240604 02:23:00

Counsel with the power to seize machines and then charged people with crimes with all resources necessary to carry out her duties. the specific plan was too named sydney powell, a special counsel. here is what trump white house counsel pat cipollone told the committee about what the proposals that the proposals trump was actually considering that meeting. i don t think sydney powell would say that i thought it was a good idea for the 24 special counsel. i didn t think he should be appointed. the federal government sees voting machines? it s a terrible idea. that s not how we do things in the united states. we don t have the legal authority to do that. there is a way to contest elections when it happens all the time. but the idea that the federal government can come in and sees ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell 20240604 02:24:00

Election machines, i don t understand why we have to tell you why that s a bad idea. it s a terrible idea. joining us now, democratic congressman adam schiff of california. he served on the dairy six so committee and with the lead impeachment manager for the first impeachment trial of donald trump in the united states senate. he s currently a candidate for senate in california. congressman schiff, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i remember your impatience during the january six committee s work with the justice department s apparent lack of interest in the ground you are covering. it s now very clear jacks mitt is on the case. on a case that you, in effect, sent to them, have presented to them. where should he be looking for, especially in relation to that meeting? i think what he s gonna be looking for is, with the evidence of the presidents intent, he is knowledge? how far was he willing to go to ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell 20240604 02:17:00

Our discussion tonight. and coming up, we have some breaking news. new reporting tonight indicates the special prosecutor jack smith is questioning and this is about one of the craziest white house meetings of the trump presidency that included screaming arguments and proposals to break the law that shocked and infuriated white house lawyers. the january six committee led the way in investigating that meeting. we ll ask a member of that committee what special prosecutor jack smith should be looking for. congressman adam schiff joins us next. in us next. ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell 20240604 02:25:00

Overturn near election, which would be very important if he s considering an extra conspiracies charge to defraud the united states. because what we saw was they began by, the president began by trying to stop the counting of the absentee ballots. when that didn t work, he tried to stop states from certifying him as a loser and joe biden is the winner. when they did work you try to get state legislatures to go back into session in declared the loser the winner. and when that didn t work, they tried this fake elector plot. when that didn t work in this december meeting, they were entertaining having the military seize voting machines,, declaring martial law. he just had these extreme crazy dangerous proposals being debated within the presidents team. we divided them, or they divide themselves, into team crazy and team not as crazy. but it culminated in the violence of january 6th. and the end of this december meeting, this is when the ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell 20240604 02:09:00

Martin, he had just stored boxes and hoarded it for 20 something years. he never gave it to anybody, but he had them all. it was intentional. willful retention. he didn t return it. that was the espionage act charges. same one against donald trump. no, this is all ridiculous. donald trump had no right to these documents. they were by their definition either presidential records that were the property of the united states and to be returned to naira, and some might have been agency records that were never supposed to be in his position or responds to have been returned to the respective agencies that came under the federal records act. either way, none of them were personal records. none of them where he is property. they ve allowed today to chase government. they are the property of the people of the united states. they are not his. this argument, if they try to put it forward, pre trial motions, will fail. all right, let s get more of donald trump s defense of donald trump. i had ....

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