Lawrence retracted, and apologized.

[Miles Archer]

No surprises there.

[Mme. Defarge]

1. Well done,

IMO.

[Miles Archer]

3. Agreed. Did it in 60 seconds, and moved on.

Short, sweet, and simple. Done.

[aikoaiko]

2. For what?

[rzemanfl]

4. He took one for the team IMHO.

It's out there. Not gonna go away.

[Miles Archer]

6. He did.

It's what had to happen. Trump's attorneys demanded a retraction and an apology, and they got it. But yes...it IS out there, and it's NOT going away. And it is definitely something that is well within the realm of "possibilities."

[rzemanfl]

15. Occam's razor applies. n/t

[Haggis for Breakfast]

5. I don't understand why he needed to retract anything.

In his report, he said "IF." He didn't say he had proof.

[Miles Archer]

8. His tweet, from earlier today:

Lawrence O'Donnell
@Lawrence

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. I will address the issue on my show tonight.

3:53 PM · Aug 28, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

Link to tweet

[NastyRiffraff]

7. There wasn't the handoff from Rachel

It was just "good night" and went straight to the apology. Rachel was absolutely flumoxed last night when Lawrence told her about it.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. Some of you may, but I will NOT.....

abandon Lawrence O'Donnell. He is one of the learned ones. Lawrence makes Trump look weaker even he makes a goof.

[bullwinkle428]

10. This "scandal" will have a shorter shelf life than Rachel's "Here are the tax returns" reveal.

[Miles Archer]

11. No reason to abandon him

The smart thing to do was to toss a bone to Trump's attorneys and move on. He did. As I said above, the entire apology / retraction took about 60 seconds. No reason to do more than that, and if Trump's attorneys keep banging the drum, one would hope they're smart enough to know that they would really arouse suspicions over what Trump has to hide.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

12. The Deutsche bank info would have to come out...

As evidence. Eric Trump is barking up the wrong tree. Isn't there an endangered animal for him to shoot somewhere?

[Ilsa]

13. Actually, I think it was a good play by Lawrence last night.

The suggestion has been made. The apology has been made. Let trump prove it isn't true, even after all of those interviews with Beavis & Butthead who claimed to get their financing from RUSSIA.

[Doodley]

14. I assume the allegations are true until Trump explains why his loyalties are with Trump, rather

than America and its allies, and why he has a team of lawyers to keep his taxes hidden.

[kentuck]

16. Trump probably does not want this "apology" story to go on very long?

If he is conflicted with Duetsche Bank, as many people have suggested, then he probably wants the story to die as quickly as possible, I would think?

[stopdiggin]

17. What motivated a journalist to skirt established rules?

Somebody with this much experience shouldn't be making these kind of (mistakes?). This is discouraging. If you're going to be a journalist, then be able to back up what you report. 101.