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MSNBC’s O’Donnell: Trump’s ‘Ignorance’ Has Led Him to the ‘Threshold of Impeachment’
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MSNBC
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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
Name: The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
URL: http://tv.msnbc.com/shows/the-last-word/
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Lawrence O’Donnell
Name: Lawrence O’Donnell
Employment: MSNBC
Position: Host
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New York, N.Y.
Name: New York, N.Y.
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05/17/2017 01:28 pm
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[excerpt O DONNELL I ░░░░░░░░ to talk about this ░░░░░░░░ conversation that we were ░░░░░░░░ talking about with Rachel ░░░░░░░░ s not just lawyers ░░░░░░░░ s not just FBI ░░░░░░░░ When I started working ░░░░░░░░ government in the office ░░░░░░░░ Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan ░░░░░░░░ first heard the term ░░░░░░░░ It was after meeting ░░░░░░░░ the president Senator Moynihan ░░░░░░░░ I had a meeting ░░░░░░░░ the president and on ░░░░░░░░ way back to office ░░░░░░░░ told me he was ░░░░░░░░ to write a MEMCON ░░░░░░░░ was something he learned ░░░░░░░░ do in his first ░░░░░░░░ in Washington working in ░░░░░░░░ Kennedy administration MEMCON was ░░░░░░░░ shorthand for memorandum of ░░░░░░░░ conversation Whenever Senator Moynihan ░░░░░░░░ a truly important conversation ░░░░░░░░ soon as possible after ░░░░░░░░ conversation he would type ░░░░░░░░ up on his Smith ░░░░░░░░ typewriter right there beside ░░░░░░░░ desk And he would ░░░░░░░░ as much of the ░░░░░░░░ as precisely as he ░░░░░░░░ remember it and he ░░░░░░░░ fill in every detail ░░░░░░░░ could that he thought ░░░░░░░░ relevant to the shape ░░░░░░░░ that conversation I started ░░░░░░░░ the same thing after ░░░░░░░░ in the Oval Office ░░░░░░░░ in the cabinet room ░░░░░░░░ after important meetings the ░░░░░░░░ of the house the ░░░░░░░░ majority leader If you ░░░░░░░░ worked in Washington near ░░░░░░░░ anyone in high office ░░░░░░░░ are aware at least ░░░░░░░░ the concept of MEMCON ░░░░░░░░ Trump has never heard ░░░░░░░░ it He s never ░░░░░░░░ of the practice of ░░░░░░░░ a memo of a ░░░░░░░░ Lawyers do it all ░░░░░░░░ time prosecutors do FBI ░░░░░░░░ do and Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ many other people are ░░░░░░░░ discovering today that Jim ░░░░░░░░ does it Source close ░░░░░░░░ Jim Comey told me ░░░░░░░░ that when he was ░░░░░░░░ federal prosecutor he specifically ░░░░░░░░ Comey specifically instructed all ░░░░░░░░ U S Attorneys to ░░░░░░░░ memos of any kind ░░░░░░░░ material conversation any conversation ░░░░░░░░ was material to the ░░░░░░░░ with anyone anything like ░░░░░░░░ should be written up ░░░░░░░░ memo form If an ░░░░░░░░ agent was present then ░░░░░░░░ prosecutor would not have ░░░░░░░░ write that himself because ░░░░░░░░ FBI agent would write ░░░░░░░░ they call a 301 ░░░░░░░░ FBI memo of the ░░░░░░░░ Everything I just said ░░░░░░░░ common knowledge Everyone knows ░░░░░░░░ That is to say ░░░░░░░░ working around prosecution around ░░░░░░░░ knows it everyone working ░░░░░░░░ government knows it Donald ░░░░░░░░ s ignorance of everything ░░░░░░░░ government his ignorance about ░░░░░░░░ FBI his ignorance about ░░░░░░░░ law his ignorance about ░░░░░░░░ Comey himself as a ░░░░░░░░ has now led Donald ░░░░░░░░ to the greatest danger ░░░░░░░░ his life The only ░░░░░░░░ that is greater than ░░░░░░░░ bankruptcy of the Atlantic ░░░░░░░░ casinos President Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ sits at the threshold ░░░░░░░░ impeachment.”
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