Lawrence: Trump's describing his so-called Iran deal the only way he knows how. With nonstop lying.
6/17/202643 min
Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump desperately tries to sell his retreat from Iran as a win. Also, The Washington Post reports plans for Trump’s ballroom included half of its cost coming from taxpayer dollars. Plus, GOP Sen. Jon Husted defends Trump’s Iran war. And The New York Times details the untold story of Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death in jail. Rep. Chris Deluzio, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Ali Velshi, Sherrod Brown, and Michael Rothfeld join Lawrence O’Donnell.
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Jen Psaki· Panelist0:45
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hey, Lawrence.
Lawrence O'Donnell· Host0:49
Hey, Jenn. Uh, we have Michael Roff joining us tonight. He's one of The New York Times reporters who have produced what is, uh, a- almost a book-length report on Jeffrey Epstein- Mm ... in jail, awaiting trial, g- leading up to his suicide, including notes, uh, written by Jeffrey Epstein that The New York Times, uh, exclusively has obtained, uh, in- including the suicide note, what, what was considered the possible suicide note, uh, that, uh, that the Times was able to get through court proceedings. He's gonna join us tonight and take us through some of their findings. It is a massive story, [laughs] as, as you know, that they, that they p- uh, published,