Thinly sourced report claimed Russian ties to Trump bank loans.
Lawrence O'Donnell, host of the MSNBC show 'Last Word,' said the report was based on a single source and hadn't been verified by NBC News. : Following a threatening letter from Trump’s attorney, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell walked back a segment on his show about the president’s financial records, saying he made an “error in judgement” in the Tuesday segment that “didn’t go through our rigorous verification and standards process.
On the show, O’Donnell admitted he had not seen any documentation to support his reporting, and added: “I want to stress that is a single source, that has not been confirmed by NBC News.”on Twitter that “NBC has not seen those records and has not yet been able to verify the reporting.” The move comes after Trump attorney Charles Harder demanded a retraction and an apology in a letter calling the remarks “false and defamatory" and threatening legal action.when he represented Hulk Hogan against the media site.: “Last night I made an error in judgment by reporting an item about the president’s finances that didn’t go through our rigorous verification and standards process. I shouldn’t have reported it and I was wrong to discuss it on the air.
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