MS NOW reports that the Trump administration is planning to abandon its highly controversial $1.8 billion “slush fund.” MS NOW’s Melissa Murray reports and is joined by former SDNY civil prosecutor Maya Wiley and The New York Times’ Molly Jong-Fast. (The Beat’s YouTube: https://ms.now/ari)

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A tense back-and-forth erupted when Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) asked Todd Blanche whether his obligation was to Jeffrey Epstein’s victims or to President Trump. Blanche pushed back, saying the Department of Justice “will always protect victims.”

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Democrats believe their path to retaking the Senate runs through Iowa. MS NOW Reporter Alex Tabet has the latest from Des Moines. Democratic strategist Basil Smikle joins Chris Jansing to share his outlook.

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MS NOW’s Rachel Maddow talks to Lawrence O’Donnell about Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s 17-page dissenting opinion in the Supreme Court’s Alabama redistricting ruling, which allows the state to use a new Republican-favored congressional map, as well as Lawrence’s reaction to the breaking news that “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley is fired by CBS News.

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#SCOTUS #Alabama #dissent

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Listen to the audio version of The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell from the June 3rd broadcast.

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