hearsay: Without much of a proof or effort to verify, O'Donnell pushed the bombshell revelation, who would have made headlines and possibly implicate the president, if it was true, according to MSNBC. Apparently, it's all nothing but hearsay, until Trump's camp threatened to sue NBC Universal for defamation if the program refused to retract the malicious claims. On his The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnellshow on MSNBC, the television actor-turned-host made unfounded allegations citing a source close to Deutsche Bank whom he alleged had told him that Russian oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin co-signed a series of hundred million dollar loans to Donald Trump. His lawyer argued that the only borrowers under these loans are Trump entities, and Mr. Error in judgement for unverified newsO' Donnell took it back the next day, admitting error in judgment for pushing a fake news . 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. Trump is the only guarantor.
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