About this episode

Lawrence O'Donnell discusses the implications of a judge's ruling on Trump's IRS lawsuit and features guests Andrew Weissmann, Rep. Jamie Raskin, and Roy Cooper.

Tonight on The Last Word: A judge accuses Todd Blanche of giving “misleading” testimony. Also, a judge says Trump’s IRS suit was filed for “improper purpose.” And the Supreme Court decision on campaign finance could help Republicans in North Carolina. Andrew Weissmann, Rep. Jamie Raskin, and Roy Cooper join Lawrence O’Donnell.

People in this episode

Host: Lawrence O’Donnell

Guests: Andrew Weissmann, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Roy Cooper

Topics covered

• Trump lawsuit
• campaign finance
• judicial testimony
• IRS suit
• North Carolina politics

Keywords

• Trump lawsuit
• IRS
• Supreme Court
• campaign finance
• Todd Blanche
• North Carolina

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Supreme Court, IRS

Places: North Carolina

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