Lawrence O'Donnell Says Epstein Vote Has 'Finally Broken Donald Trump's Dictatorial Grip'
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The "Last Word" host celebrated a unanimous Senate vote Tuesday forcing the release of classified files on late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
MS NOW host Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday said President Donald Trump’s “dictatorial grip” over GOP lawmakers is crumbling, citing the unanimous consent vote in the Senate earlier that day that pushed the release of classified documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.
The “Last Word” host began, however, with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who said he had hoped the Senate would amend the bill.
O’Donnell argued Johnson shouldn’t have been surprised that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) asked for the unanimous consent vote, which did not allow for amendments, as Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) himself had “told every Republican member of the Senate” that it was coming hours before.
“Mike Johnson claimed that because he was at dinner with Donald Trump and the dictator of Saudi Arabia when Chuck Schumer led the Senate vote at 5:20 p.m., that he didn’t know what was happening,” O’Donnell said Tuesday. “And that is a lie.”
O’Donnell noted that Trump and Johnson dined with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who ordered the 2018 murder and dismemberment of late Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but noted the autocrat didn’t arrive at dinner until 6:45 p.m.
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