Trump lawyer demands MSNBC retract report alleging banking ties to Russian oligarchs

[Mrs. Overall]

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/459164-trump-lawyer-demands-msnbc-retract-report-alleging-banking-ties-to-russian?__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true

An attorney for President Trump on Wednesday demanded a retraction and apology following an MSNBC report alleging the president obtained loans from Deutsche Bank with Russian oligarchs as co-signers.

Charles Harder sent a letter to NBCUniversal saying the remarks made Tuesday night on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" were false and defamatory, according to a copy of the letter made public by Washington Post reporter Paul Farhi.

O'Donnell first shared his report during a handoff from his lead-in host, Rachel Maddow, who appeared surprised by his remarks.

“I may have some information, in this next hour, which would add a great deal to their understanding of that, if true, and I’ll be discussing it here,” O’Donnell said. "I stress ‘if true,’ because this is a single source who has told me that Deutsche Bank obtained tax returns."

[Thekaspervote]

1. Uoooo...somebody is upset!

[mr_lebowski]

2. Faux Nooz lives by 'people are saying' burden of proof ... so fuck off Trump! (nt)

[Me.]

3. Okey Dokey

all the traitor has to do is prove LD is wrong. Papers please.

[H2O Man]

6. Oh deer!

That must have upset Trump. Yet I do not think he will sue, as he would have to turn over documents in discovery. I look forward to hearing what Lawrence has to say about this tonight. He must know he is at risk of being the target of tweets! Oh my!

[Me.]

15. Of Course He Won't Sue

He lost the last time he sued LD, who wears it as a badge of honor. And let me just say, LD, who has his share of ego... ..is going to be thrilled to run with this and work it for all it's worth, so good for us. To me this 'report' was like the clouds clearing.

[H2O Man]

16. Ego?

Do you mean Irish-American Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC? He's never struck me that way .....though I compare him to the rest of the family. He ranks almost last!

[H2O Man]

17. PS ......

He knew that last night, of course. He's going after him.

[Gothmog]

4. From my twitter feed

Link to tweet

[stopbush]

7. There is nothing LD would love more than being sued by tRump

because he would open up tRump and his criminal organization through the discovery process.

[H2O Man]

8. Exactly.

[Gothmog]

10. I agree

Discovery would be fun

[dlk]

5. O'Donnell Did the Appropriate CYA by Repeatedly Stating, "If True"

Apparently, he found a tender spot with Trump...

[Ilsa]

9. Trump spreads rumors all the time with fewer qualifiers than

Lawrence spoke on his show last night. Trump will say, "Some people say..." or make other vague attributions to original sources, and he always gets away with it.

Kharma can be a bitch, eh, MF45?

[kentuck]

11. It could be resolved very quickly...

...just show us the tax returns. What are you hiding?

[struggle4progress]

12. Wow! Donald has even more lawyers than Julian Assange!

[marble falls]

13. Fat fucking chance. Do they REALLY want to have the evidence made public ...

in a civil court before he's actually indicted in a Federal court????

[bearsfootball516]

14. Lawrence just tweeted a retraction.

Link to tweet

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