MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell is continuing to cast doubt on President Donald Trump’s claim that he wasn’t aware of sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison transfer, which reportedly required a special waiver.
“The only people who can believe that are the people who believe every word Donald Trump says,” O’Donnell said Tuesday on “The Last Word.”
Maxwell was serving her 20-year sentence at a federal prison in Florida, but amid public furor over the Trump administration withholding files on her late accomplice Jeffrey Epstein, she is seeking a deal — and was moved to a minimum-security facility in Texas last week.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche visited Maxwell in Florida last month after Trump infuriated his own base by dismissing calls for transparency on the Epstein case. Maxwell’s attorney David Markus said last week she would be “eager” to testify — in exchange for clemency.
Maxwell was transferred to the more lenient prison in Texas within days of this apparent offer.
