Rachel Maddow lists example after example of people or organizations giving large sums of money to Donald Trump’s interests and subsequently receiving some favorable treatment from Trump. The UFC fight on the White House lawn stands out as one of the more egregious examples, with Trump essentially giving himself a birthday present from the American people. Brendan Ballou, founder of the Public Integrity Project, talks with Rachel about his lawsuit to stop Trump’s UFC event.

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Listen to the audio version of The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell from the May 5th broadcast.

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Lesley Groff, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime assistant, denied knowledge of Epstein’s crimes in an interview with the House Oversight Committee. Groff is the latest witness to testify in the panel’s Epstein investigation. MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports. (The Beat’s YouTube: https://ms.now/ari)

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Donald Trump abruptly ended a ‘Meet the Press’ interview with Kristen Welker after she pushed back on his baseless claims about “rigged” elections. Alicia Menendez – in for Nicolle Wallace – is joined by Marc Elias and Amanda Carpenter for analysis on Deadline White House.

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Apparently, attending your son’s wedding doesn’t quite reach the top of the priorities list when you’re in the midst of a highly unpopular war of your own making with a country of 90 million people.

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