The professional permanent staff that lies right beneath them will still be in place, making everything work until the [Donald] Trump appointees… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
A number of foreign policy experts distanced themselves from Donald Trump, not Michael Flynn. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
You have two people who I would classify as extremists. Donald Trump because of his behavior and Ted Cruz because of his… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Rudy Giuliani would bring conflicts of interest into any Senate confirmation hearing that would be impossible to clear if confirmation hearings operate… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
In pre-Trump Washington where the old rules applied, Rudy Giuliani could never survive the Senate confirmation process. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Donald Trump hasn`t decided, and most importantly, we don`t know if the old rules still apply. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The question was, have you heard from anyone on the [Donald] Trump transition team? We have not been contacted. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
National security adviser is not a position that requires confirmation. This is a pick that like [Donald Trump] Chief of Staff, he… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Senator Jeff Sessions is reportedly on the [Donald] Trump shortlist to be either the next Secretary of Defense or the next Attorney… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Rudy Giuliani is on the list [of Secretary of State ] not because of competence, not because of foreign policy experience, he`s… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
All writers are forced to live within deadlines, and deadlines determine how good they can be. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The question for the Republicans running the confirmation hearings in the United States Senate is whose rules are they going to use? — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Prosecutors have absolutely no control over what witnesses say when they leave the grand jury room. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Because Republicans defected and voted with all the Democrats to reject Jeff Sessions` nomination when they discovered that when he was working as a… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
In this case, the government will essentially be run by the people who are running it now. The top level [Barack] Obama appointees will… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I've never understood the value of putting someone on television to lie, knowing that they're going to lie ahead of time, knowing that that… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The Trump view of immigration defies our history. Immigration is a transaction that has historically benefited the country. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I don`t think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC. She [Hillary Clinton] is saying Russia, Russia, Russia. Maybe it was.… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
If a reader comes across a story that makes them cry, you can be sure that the writer felt every single thing that makes… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
National security advisors are not there to be advocates, generally. They`re not there to be partisans, they`re not there to be ideologues. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Never once has Republican world said hey, maybe we should look into how police officers are carrying out their solemn public responsibility to serve… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image