Lawrence: White House effectively says NYT reporters must have tapes of Situation Room meeting - The Last Word - MS NOW

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From suspending Habeas Corpus to invoking the Insurrection Act, MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell examines new reporting from The New York Times' Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan detailing White House discussions that alarmed even some Trump officials.

Lawrence says, "it is easy to imagine what goes on in the Trump White House: discussions of trampling the Constitution, violating the law, and crushing our rights." - Aired on 06/15/2026.

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1. Am i wrong to assume they are terrified for the political ramifications and less about the actual national security

Stuff?



Like: they say trump and Miller seriously spoke about suspending the constitution. If there are tapes: Could Trump actually be done?

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2. We can certainly hope, but would this have the support in Congress?

Nixon was done when his own party turned against him, but we haven't seen the same advocacy for the Rule of Law among the current Republican party.

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3. The situation room is supposed to always be leak proof

They would likely be confident to say things that they know people in their party would condemn. Like proposing to suspend the constitution.