Last night on his broadcast, Lawrence O’Donnell did apologize for airing unvetted reports about Russian Oligarchs co-signing loans for Trump at Deutsche Bank:
WATCH: Lawrence O'Donnell retracts his reporting about Trump loans. pic.twitter.com/JxNsIPhBNg
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 29, 2019
Lawrence actually said that if he had gone through the vetting process at MSNBC, he wouldn’t have been able to report, which was a solid statement. He did apologize and retracted it.
But he also claimed that he doesn’t know if the information is inaccurate, only that it wasn’t ready for broadcast. Sounds like he’s trying to save some face by suggesting the reporting may be accurate, when the Trump campaign says it is verifiably false.
Eric Trump heard the apology and said it wasn’t enough, that they will be taking legal action:
This was a reckless attempt to slander our family and smear a great company. Apologies are not enough when the true intent was solely to damage and cause harm. As a company, we will be taking legal action. This unethical behavior has to stop. @Lawrence @MSNBC https://t.co/i4X6CcdkCm
— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) August 29, 2019
I can’t say that I blame him. The media absolutely hate Trump and that’s why they report stuff like this without verification. If Trump hadn’t called him on the carpet, Lawrence never would have retracted this on his own because he has no journalistic standards when it comes to Trump.