MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell Denounced for Suggesting Barron Trump Committed a Felony: Network Could Face Legal Peril

A far-left MS NOW personality, Lawrence O’Donnell, is facing criticism after he suggested without evidence that President Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, failed to register for the draft when he turned 18, which Mr. O’Donnell pointed out is a felony. During a segment on Thursday, Mr. O’Donnell noted that the Selective Service System said this week that it will automatically register all eligible American men between the ages of 18 and 26 for the military draft. From there, the segment took a turn into an evidence-free suggestion that the president’s youngest son did not register for the draft. Mr. O’Donnell said, “Barron Trump was legally required to register for the draft voluntarily two years ago when he turned 18 years old.”“This would be a nice time for the president of the United States to prove that his draft-age son has complied with federal law and did indeed register for the draft within 30 days of his 18th birthday, because failure to do so is a felony,” he added. He noted that since 1980, the federal government has relied on Americans registering for the draft in compliance with the law requiring that they do so. Failure to comply with the law is a felony that carries a fine of up to $250,000 or up to five years in prison.Mr. O’Donnell claimed that Americans have “reason” to wonder whether “Barron Trump has complied with federal law and registered for the draft” because his father is a “war mongering politician.”“There would be no reason for anyone to wonder if Barron Trump committed the felony of failing to register for the draft, if his father had not started a war of choice in which he threatened to exterminate 91 million people and their culture, to erase Iranians and Iranian culture from this Earth,” he said. “But Barron Trump’s father did do that, and his mother has been completely silent about that war. And she remains silent about it today.”There is no indication that Barron Trump did not sign up for the draft, which is standard practice for young men when they turn 18. Not since the Vietnam War has the United States used the draft – which proved extremely unpopular – and it is not expected to do so again unless a new world war requires a national mobilization. An associate editor of the Media Research Center, Nicholas Fondacaro, wrote on X that Mr. O’Donnell’s remarks “could land MS NOW in legal hot water since it’s possible the network could be sued for defamation because of Lawrence O’Donnell’s baseless claims Barron Trump committed a felony.”Barron’s mother, Melania Trump, who is known to be fiercely protective of Barron, her only child, has been aggressive (and successful) in pursuing legal action against media organizations she feels defamed her, and only yesterday appeared before the media and rattled off the names of several publishers she had defeated.“What network pays this dumb [expletive] to run his mouth,” one commentator on X asked about Mr. O’Donnell. Another user wrote, “@MSNOWNews you pay this yahoo for his TDS? This is the dumbest thing @Lawrence may have ever spewed.”“What the heck is this crap? I remember when I was growing up we watched the news every night, but what is this???” another user asked.One commentator suggested that Mr. O’Donnell should be “kicked off the air for spreading lies and propaganda.”Mr. O’Donnell has previously criticized Barron Trump. Last month, he said, “After Barron Trump celebrated his 20th birthday in lavish style last week – as a Trump, he could have marched straight down to a recruiting station and joined the army to fight in his father’s war.”“But he didn’t,” Mr. O’Donnell said. “The world waits for the emergence of the first brave Trump.”Despite Mr. O’Donnell’s criticism of Barron Trump for not volunteering for the military, the New York Post suggested that he might be exempt from service due to his height — he is reported to be around 6’ 9” — as the branches of the military generally have height limits that he would exceed. For example, the Army has a 6’ 8” maximum height restriction. MS NOW did not respond to the Sun’s request for comment by the time of publication. The White House did not respond to the Sun’s request for comment by the time of publication.

MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell Denounced for Suggesting Barron Trump Committed a Felony: Network Could Face Legal Peril

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