MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on Wednesday said he made an “error in judgment” in a report about President Donald Trump’s finances — walking back a story just hours after the president’s attorney threatened a defamation lawsuit.
O’Donnell said his reporting “didn’t go through our rigorous verification and standards process.” In a tweeted statement, he added, “I shouldn’t have reported it and I was wrong to discuss it on the air.”
The very public walk-back came hours after Trump’s personal attorney Charles Harder threatened a lawsuit unless MSNBC retracted or apologized for O’Donnell’s report, in which he said that Russian oligarchs co-signed some of Trump’s loans.
In his “The Last Word” show on Tuesday, O’Donnell cited a “single source close to Deutsche Bank” who said that Trump’s “loan documents there show that he has co-signers. That’s how he was able to obtain those loans.
O’Donnell said his reporting “didn’t go through our rigorous verification and standards process.” In a tweeted statement, he added, “I shouldn’t have reported it and I was wrong to discuss it on the air.”
The very public walk-back came hours after Trump’s personal attorney Charles Harder threatened a lawsuit unless MSNBC retracted or apologized for O’Donnell’s report, in which he said that Russian oligarchs co-signed some of Trump’s loans.
In his “The Last Word” show on Tuesday, O’Donnell cited a “single source close to Deutsche Bank” who said that Trump’s “loan documents there show that he has co-signers. That’s how he was able to obtain those loans.
- 8/28/2019
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
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