clarence wanted to marry krystal. clarence loved krystal with all of his heart.t have krystal, no one could. narrator: but krystal made her living selling sex. was it possible clarence became jealous and got violent? i believe that he was more obsessed and in love with her. i mean, when you make a statement of, "if i can't have her, no one else is going to have her," that's a true obsession. that's more than being in love with someone. narrator: another clue that could possibly link clarence to the crime was the socks, something that had baffled investigators from the very first day. they were identified as being hers. narrator: someone had taken time to fold them neatly and place them near the scene. could krystal have done it? not likely. the evidence showed she was fighting for her life. but if the killer had done it, why? many of krystal's friends and clients had a possible answer. we know that krystal had one way in which she controlled her environment when she was working, and that was that she kept her socks on. and so whatever went on between them, she ha

we know from the january 6 committee that clarence thomas's wife was encouraging chief of staff markeak the law in any way necessary to overturn the presidential election when there was no legal method for overturning the presidential election. not surprisingly, clarence thomas show today that he does not think there was anything special about the january 6 attack on the capitol. he does not think it is fit -- different from any other protest we've seen in the past. >> there have been many violent protests that have it interfered with proceedings. has the government applied to this provision to other protests in the past and has this been the government's position throughout the lifespan of the statute? >> it has certainly been the government position since the enactment that it covers the myriad forms of obstructing an official proceeding and is not limited to some kind of evidence impairment clause. >> have you enforced it in that manner? >> we have enforced it in a variety of prosecutions that do not focus on evidence tampering. i can't give you an example of enforcing it in a sit

so clarence thomas can deal with this issue by ignoring it. and there is no remedy other than impeach, wouldn't take an act of congress to get some sort of rules in place for the supreme court. >> absolutely. and that has been raised over the years the justices have suggested there might be constitutional problems with congress imposing rules on the supreme court. >> but >> we don't. that's an academic quest's this point, since there are >> not some of these texts from ginni thomas are they appeared delusional thomas writes to mark meadows >> this is yeah. >> she writes help this great president stand firm. mark, you are the leader with him who's standing for america's constitutional governance at the precipice, the majority knows biden in the left is attempting the greatest heist of our history. but >> look at the language constitutional governance, her husband is in charge of what are one of nine people in charge of what constitutional governments, governance is in this country. and this case on to be argued later, later this month is about

cnn's bryan todd is taking it a closer look with no explanation, justice clarence thomas again, defies ethics concerns at the supreme court does the president have immunity? the conservative did not recuse himself from the case before the court involving former president trump's claim of presidential immunity in the january 6 election subversion case. critics and watchdog groups had called on justice thomas to step aside from this case because of past efforts by his wife, ginni thomas to reverse the 2020 election results in trump's favor and because she attended trump's stop, the steal rally on january 6, 2021, just before the attack on the capitol that day justices required to disqualify themselves to recuse if their impartiality might reasonably be questioned. and the fact that we're even having this conversation over recusal means that reasonable people are questioning justice thomas's partiality in the weeks before she went to the stop, the steal rally, ginni thomas, an ardent conservative activist, texts to trump's white house chief of staff, mark meadows, quote, help this great p

thomas wants to get rid of them, so states would need that protection if clarence thomas gets his waywas clearly written in his opinion, supporting the dobbs decision, absolutely. >> what -- go ahead. >> that is why this is so unbelievable, because when the dobbs decision was put forth and we expressed at the federal level and as a member of congress, we voted to protect access to contraception, we knew that these would be the threats that would be coming and we have seen threats to idf in alabama, we have seen a lack of access to emergency contraception, and now, to have a governor say that it goes too far to codify in law the protection that women across virginia, it's not just women, but anyone who wants access to contraception, be it in virginia or anywhere else in the country, the fact that the governor would say that the step too far is just, it's a clear outcome, with the dobbs decision was made, this was foreseeable and this is why we need legislators committed to protecting our rights and this is why as governor of virginia, i will absolutely be committed to protecting reprod

clarence thomas superpower is shamelessness.k with the big january 6th case about obstruction charges filed against 350 of the january 6 writers, as well as donald trump. clarence thomas was leading the charge, arguing that these instruction charges brought against the rioters was illegitimate. he was accusing the justice department recently engaging in selective prosecution, of whipping out this arcane statute just to use against political enemies. he was out front and center in really criticizing the justice department's strategy of prosecuting january 6th insurrectionist. i don't think he has any shame about this. i don't think he ever considered recusing it if he takes the procomp stance in this case, he will be very vocal, he will attempt to lead the court in that direction, and he will not feel any sense of reticence just because his wife tried to overturn the election and was, of course, present for trump's speech on january 6. >> a real moment, a real crisis point for the credibility of this court as it decides some majo

middle ground where presidents may have some immunity from prosecution for official acts, as justice clarence thomas asked at the very beginning of the argument. >> how exactly would we determine what an official act is? >> reporter: that question may take time. the court has never decided it, but the clock is ticking of special counsel jack smith can prosecute trump before the election. >> norah: and jan joins us now. the justices ruled that he has some limited immunity, how long could this take? what's the timeline? >> reporter: well, norah, i wouldn't expect a decision before june. thick obligated case and the justices know it is going to be the law long after they leave the supreme court. but that is what special counsel jack smith asked for. he actually said the justices should expedite this case so they can make a decision by the end of the term, so that is what they are going to do. whether or not this is going to go past too long before intervention, it will happen in november, that will be up to how the court writes it. there will still be decisions left for lower courts to resolve.

the first thing that clarence thomas analogy is just not quite accurate. there's a question about clarence thomas is ethics there's a question about whether or not his wife actually actively participated via text messages and other things with an insurrection. and so those two things are vastly different. there's no question about the ethics of this, judge. there's no question about any impropriety on the part of his daughter so she should be off limits my biggest problem with this wolf and everyone watching this will say that there is a double-standard for donald trump. i do criminal defense law and my my my day job and i can tell you that if i had any and i believe elliott would agree if i had a singular client that went beyond the pale and did this, they would be hauled in, their bond would be revoked. they would not only be chastised, but they will be under the jail wearing orange and every day have to change into a suit when they come to trial. what we're seeing right now is fundamentally in the words of my five-year-old kids, not fair but this is wha

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justice clarence thomas missing oral arguments today for two cases before the court. chief justice john roberts, meghan, a quick announcement that thomas would not be present, but no explanation was given for

they found clarence darrow hiking in the smoky mountains and ran up and said, bryan is died. what do you think? and he muttered something like they said, did he die of a broken heart? and darrow muttered something like, no, he died of a busted belly, but then said he, it's a great loss for the american people. they appeal the case, as you know, even if it's federal constitutional issues, the state goes up the state chain first and then the tennessee supreme court pulls a fast one on darrow, who's hoping to get a decision on the tennessee constitution out of the tennessee supreme court and then appeal to the federal supreme court on the federal constitutional matters. but the tennessee supreme court is going to dismiss the appeal on a technicality that they didn't get it filed in time and the fine overturned the the conviction of scopes under the theory that the law the fine how much it should be $100 or $500 should have been set by the jury, not ralston, but they dismiss the case rather than send it back. saying nothing is to be gained by prolonging the life of this bizarre c

clarence thomas' super power i think is shamelessness. we saw this in the obstruction cases.larence thomas was leading the charge arguing the obstruction charges brought against the rioter uzwuillegitimate. he was accusing the justice department in essentially in engaging in selective prosecution. he was out front and center in really criticizing the justice department strategy of prosecuting january 6th insurrectionists. i don't think he has any shame about this, i don't think he ever considered recusing, and i think if he takes a pro-trump stance in this case he'll be very vocal, attempt to leave the court in that direction and not feel any sense of reticence just because his wife tried to overturn the election and was present at the speech on january 6th. >> just wow where and a real moment, a real crisis point for the credibility of this court as it decides some major cases this term. we'll see what tomorrow holds. mark joseph stern, great to talk to you. thanks, my friend. >>> coming up as the house speaker tries to oust him johnson today tried to find someone else to be

i'll ask clarence thomas if he's okay with it.gamesmanship of american politics really come to this? putting a baby on the court? >> all right, fine. we'll stick with the current plan, where all our rights depend on which of our decrepit jurists' bodies wear out the fastest. is it sotomayor? is it clarence thomas? spin the wheel of death. and you'll find out! >> michael: no, you're right, baby judge is easier. troy iwata, everyone. [cheers and applause] when we come back, vampire weekend will be here! don't go away. [cheers and applause] (♪♪) hey lexus, show alternate routes. technology that's ready for the road ahead. the lexus nx. chipotle's chicken al pastor is back. and it's fire on every level. fresh chicken hot off the grill, mixed with morita peppers, a splash of pineapple and fresh lime. it's where fire meets flavor. chipotle's chicken al pastor, the wait is over. [cheers and applause] >> michael: welcome back to "the daily show." my guests tonight are the members of the grammy award-winning band vampire weekend. their new

bush, who indirectly voted for clarence thomas to serve on the supreme court, where he waited for decades to vote to overturn. many of those republican voters did not mean, most voters had every right as a presidential posturing. george h.w. bush, and the bush family were supporters of planned parenthood until george h.w. bush had to change his position in 19 in the vice presidential running mate. an act of ultimate cynicism and politics. no one working in american politics believed that george h.w. bush from connecticut was really opposed to abortion. which in that year was running on an antiabortion platform that the candidates never emphasized, to ensure that antiabortion voters knew about. it was the most cynical vice presidential candidate. the first the first of his sons did not need to engage in a public reversal. he became a governor running for governor of texas. with the absolute antiabortion politics of the republican party that had taken hold by that time. the next presidential republican, in republican politics, not by principle, to get in line with the party on abortion was

in the hands of clarence thomas on the united states supreme court. it didn't seem like a life changing election. in 1988. when michael dukakis ran against george h. w. bush. i didn't know anyone who thought the country would take a major turn for the worse because of the outcome of that election. the stakes seemed about as low as they could get in a presidential election. but as i have said before in this program repeatedly, when ever the stakes appear low in a presidential election, you always have to remember the united states supreme court. and so for the democratic voters who were not excited enough about michael dukakis or the republican voters who voted for a guy who used to support planned parenthood, the truth is that, that time, at that time, they couldn't have possibly known they were going to change life in america profoundly decades later with their vote for george h. w. bush or the decision simply not to vote. same thing in 2000 when george w. bush was running against al gore. the stakes did not seem high. that is why enough people voted

. >> and justice clarence thomas has said that the court, the supreme court should absolutely revisitave provided for contra september under certain privacy doctrines and clarence thomas wants to get rid of them so states would need that protection if clarence thomas gets his way . >> it was clearly written in his opinion supporting the dobbs decision. absolutely. and, that's why this is so unbelievable. when the dobbs decision was put forth and we expressed at a federal level as a member of congress, we voted to protect access to contraception because we knew these threats would be coming. and we have seen threats to ivf in alabama. we have seen lack of access to emergency contraception and now to have a governor say that it goes too far to codify in law the protection that women across virginia. that anyone who wants to have access to contraception, be it in virginia or anywhere else in the country, the fact that the governor would say that is a step too far is, it is just, a clear outcome when the dobbs decision was made. this was foreseeable. this is why we need legislators commit

i mean, the fact that clarence thomas continue the use to be involved in these january 6 cases. >> i mean, it really just goes to show that there is no accountability for the supreme court justices. they do whatever they want. i mean, this sort of silly code that they finally came out with has no teeth to have whatsoever. i think come hell or high water. justice thomas watson would be there today to put a finger in the eye of people, say you need to be recused. he's like, no, i don't. and as paul was saying, first question out of the box is a question that we be considered pro doj prosecution, and he wants to show i can be impartial. i can do this. and he really should not be in the position to do that. >> all right, guys, great discussion. we've got more to talk about after the break. take a quick break, be right. back hello in the fight against climate change. this is blue car business, blue carbon. >> we get, we just need to protect nature with the rest corbin plus cnn filled sunday at nine i brought in a juror max protein with 30 grams of protein. >> those who tried me felt more

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but look at the difference between the clarence thomas situation where his wife, ginni, was a witness who testified to the january 6 committee. she was involved in the events she spoke to some of those who are being prosecuted, including mark meadows in fulton county for their involvement in the events that culminated in january 6, that falls within this boundary that the new york ethics authorities pointed to. if a judge has a relative who's a witness, but laura and merge, sean is not a witness in the case, so i don't think we're going to see donald trump say that clarence thomas, most recused from the immunity case that is about whether donald trump is immune from prosecution. so there is an element of hypocrisy here. and using the court to right campaign press releases that does not make judges happy >> one of the things that merge schein spoke about was that the motion contains a daisy chain of innuendo i've made a daisy chain. they were actually like dandelions, but that's neither here nor there. when you look at the idea, there's no facts, it's just the political hyperbole. he's

i watched clarence thomas falling sleep. i watched him leave the room at one point and that's very unacceptable to me. today, i'm going to give him the stink eye if he starts playing around. it's an important case and i'm tired of watching these delayed tactics and i want to be able to witness and report back to folks on social media, report back to folks like me, young americans who don't always get to show up and let them know what i saw. >> do you have an opinion about the case already one way or the other how they should rule? >> yes, i read up on the briefings yesterday. i've been out here for 48 hours. i've had lots of time. and i had the opportunity to also read up on some presidents and past cases and those were the cases, made very clear presidential immunity does not exist. so i would be most certainly expect the court to rule against donald trump in this matter. >> and last time you were here, you barely made the cut-off to get into the court. >> yeah, this time, we're going to be first. we're not going to do this

what did clarence thomas do? >> as he often does, he asked the first question. should he be there?appened to mark meadows in the state of arizona and his wife was texting with meadows. this is unconscionable, that he is on the bench, that he has not recuse under any construction of him having a conflict of interest. you should not be hearing this case, but he was there and he asked questions and i put him in the bucket of people who, has no interest -- the absolutely frightening possibility that president donald trump will not be held account to that, so, i mean, the insanity starts at the top. the insanity is we do not have a mechanism for forcing a justice who clearly should not have been hearing that case from hearing that case. >> it is only wacky if we think ourselves as a shining city on a hill. >> look, i will -- even if it is in error. i think, we are agreed that for thomas and alito, i am not surprised. those two, long ago, traded in their black robes for red hats. for the other ones, it was surprising. in one particular way, i think zoe lofgren said supreme court justices

clarence thomas has not recused himself from cases.that a model here for this judge to say i don't have anything to do with my daughter's business? >> well, those attacks on tomorrow as and his wife preceded january 6th. they've been attacking him over her political involvement for years. i don't think he has to cite that. the fact it is an adult child is usually enough. the trump team is asking to file and appear to suggest they have something more. we'll have to see. when you look at these filings, you are looking for direct action from the judge or direct benefits to his family linked to the case. it could be campaign contributions, campaign appearances. we just don't know. but the odds are against the team in dislodging this judge. >> dana: i wonder also about just the court of public opinion, right? we're covering the story. others are covering the story about this. because president trump has to wage part of his presidential campaign from the courtroom there may be ways to get rend media on that. the final word. >> the optics are

and also, a lack of support for his fellow officers. >> and what about clarence thomas being able tois wife materially participated in trying to -- you know, obstruct the finalization of the election? what about him being a part of those arguments? >> my opinion is that he should have probably recused himself given the fact that how close his wife was to the violence on january 6th. you know, he probably didn't get to go inside because -- not because of lack of trying but because he saw the violence, you know. it's very unfortunate that instead of upholding the law and holding these people accountable for what they did, they're trying to let these january 6th insurrectionists scot-free or easy with lesser charges instead of putting the full weight of the law. you know, the violence, it was chaotic. it was gruesome, it was brutal. especially in the west front, in the tunnel. that's where we made the last stand, especially 30 to 40 officers, like myself, michael fanone, hodges, we sustained multiple injuries. we almost died that day. we thought that we were doing the right thing by pro

i think that tradition will hold here as well and it effectively gives sam alito and clarence thomas run out the clock for trump. they might take longer than they really need to in writing their dissents. drag this out until the end of june. perhaps the beginning of july. and in effect, push this trial date back even further. there is really nothing that the other justices can do about that. so i do not think we should expect a quick ruling in this case. he perhaps has a conflict of interest. would you expect he will be vocal tomorrow? >> absolutely. clarence thomas' superpower is shamelessness. 350 of the january 6th rioters as well as donald trump. he was leading the charge arguing the obstruction charges brought against the rioters was illegitimate. he was accusing the justice department of engaging in selective prosecution whipping out this arcane statute. he was out front and center in really criticizing the justice department's strategy of prosecuting january 6th insurrectionists. i don't think he has any shame about this. i think if he takes a pro trump stance in this case, he

after the first round of gifts of yacht and jet travel from billionaire harlan crow to justice clarence thomas, the judicial conference, which is the administrative body that oversees the judicial branch of government, investigated the matter, and that investigation buried the situation rather than get to the bottom of it. to the point even of applying the wrong legal process. the law requires the conference, if there's a reasonable chance that the failures to disclose were willful, to refer the determination of willfulness to the attorney general. and there's good reason for that. one, the attorney general has real investigative resources two, judicial clubbiness and mutual back-scratching is less likely. and three, three, the attorney general can determine whether other crimes, like tax and false statement violations, are also implicated. but back then the judicial conference did not make the referral, nor did they issue any public report providing any real explanation for that decision. on that transparency score, zero. recently, the judicial conference, to its great credit, blew up

clarence thomas was credibly accused of also being a sex pest. he got away with that. they themselves live with impunity. is there anything that might be done, could be done if democrats were to take back the house and have enough senate votes, should any of them be impeached? it's clear corruption. it's so obvious. >> well, the american people have to insist upon the rule of law here. the president's primary job as a republican judge on the d.c. circuit put it, is to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. not completely betrayed and defeated. and she said it would be strikingly paradoxical if the person who is supposed to be taking care that the laws are faithfully executed including all of the election laws and the 12th amendment and the 20th amendment, which says you serve four years in office and you leave by noon on january 20th, then the person who is supposed to be enforcing the law is overturning the law, then we really don't have a constitutional democracy anymore. so the people have got to insist upon that. and what's happening, joy, as i see it is

there is justice clarence thomas is questionable ties to republican mega-donors, which includes expensiveuxury vacations, samuel alito's undisclosed fishing trips with gop billionaire, pulsing or, and chief justice john roberts his wife, jane roberts, making millions recruiting lawyers to prominent law firms, some of which have had businesses as well, before the court. house democrats have had enough. representatives introduced a bill to tackle ethics concerns, the judicial ethics enforcement act of 2024. this bill has gained support from congressman adam schiff and would create an office of the inspector general to ensure accountability for justices sitting on the supreme court. congresswoman stansbury joins me now. great to have you back on the show. very important piece of legislation that you and others have introduced. we know the court released its first formal code of ethics in november and it was criticized for lacking enforcement mechanisms, it didn't really include any new roles that would address the lapses that we've seen from some of the justices recently. how did that play i

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. >>> supreme court justice clarence thomas was missing. without an excellent nation. most of the time they log in remotely. thomas didn't attend online either. the court usually gives a reason when justices aren't present. the court simply said thomas couldn't make it to the bench adding he will participate in today's case is by looking at transcript of the arguments. thomas is the longest serving sitting justice and at 75 he is the oldest. >>> still ahead looking at the recounts, poll workers are prepared to start counting again with the congressional race that ended per second. thousands of ballots are set to be examined. >>> adobe is rolling out an ai assistant for you, what it does and how much it will cost you. >>> im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, warming up today. 68 in concord. we will talk about how t it ho >>> the process of recounting votes in a tight race to replace anna as you is underway. right now sam carter, evan low and joe simitian are set to advance to the november runoff unless the numbers change. robert handa joins us from the hectic warehouse

and even clarence darryl couldn't win the case. so i don't think blanch is clarence daro.ven if he was, this is not a case he's going to win. >> you're getting an amen from danny cevallos. >> i totally agree. jill brings up some great points. the defense has a difficult case here. they can't just point at cohen and say, liar, liar, pants on fire. because the state here has assembled evidence that corroborates what cohen says. cohen's lack of credibility may not be as big a problem as many including me originally thought because there are going to be documents. and maybe the people's star witness isn't michael cohen. maybe it's david pecker. a couple reasons why. they opened with him. they never would have opened with him if they weren't feeling comfortable about him as a wednesday. he has less credibility problems than michael cohen and also he corroborates the documents and cohen's testimony. in the end, david pecker may be the state's star witness, not michael cohen, who really may just be sort of a side show when this is all said and done. >> i want to ask you about tha

. >> on february 29th, on this program, senator sheldon whitehouse outlined the reasons why clarence have been hearing this case today. >> jack smith's case could very well introduce evidence about the insurrection, introduce evidence about justice thomas's wife jenny thomas role in that insurrection, including correspondence directly with the defendants, trump's chief of staff, justice thomas should refuse, could refuse to disclose what he knew and when he went about his wife's construction activities and that has painted a number of supreme court cases already. it is a double trouble problem. an immediate conflict in this case and a signal of this larger problem of the court. >> joining us now is democratic senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island. he is a member of the senate judiciary committee and author of "the scheme, how the right wing used dark money to capture the supreme court." today, senator whitehouse announced he is running for reelection this year to the united states senate in rhode island. senator, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i guess clarence thoma

it is the one day of the year where the millions of willie mays and clarence guest on become synonymousl about opening-day, a day where peanuts and popcorn and cracker jacks give way to plan table cloths, caviar and a bottle of cabernet. this is a society event. if you want to see baseball fans, somebody once said, come on the second day of the season, not opening-day. this afternoon it will be one for the san francisco giants who will be opposed by the fellow named kirby. it is opening-day and that is the story from candlestick park. i've got to go, my caviar is getting lumpy. >> who knew, caviar and baseball. we want to give a shout out to the archives at sf state because we cannot make moments like this happen without them. group maintains our extensive archive. >>> let s take a live look on this friday morning. it is a first alert weather day. something to keep in mind as we get set for the weekend and today. bring a jacket and a blanket. if you're headed out to the game, bring some gloves. >>> it is a cool and cloudy day for us in the bay area with chilly temperatures after that co

shout- out operation mongoose from justice clarence thomas today. justice brett kavanaugh, justice alito describing prosecutors and judges and grantors of citizens in terms it would be right at home in a trump social media feed about how the risk not a lot rule on the country and what looks like a were supposedly cool system is really corrupt people who are out to get donald trump. the conservative justices today were consistently unwilling to discuss trump's alleged crimes as laid out in the indictment that led to this case. to the point to became almost a comedic gymnastic effort at avoidance between justice alito and the lawyer for special counsel jack smith. >> if the court has concerns about the robustness of it, i would suggest looking at the charges in the case. >> i want to talk about this in the abstract conspiracies. >> conspiracies to defer the united states with respect to one of the most important functions, namely the certification of the next president. >> i don't want to dispute the particular application of that. 371 conspiracy to d

bush is a world in which you know, i mean, he was replaced by clarence thomas. imagine a clinton appointee. hard to imagine a clinton appointee would look, you know, quite as conservative as clarence thomas. that's i mean, i do think it's worth stressing that if we're going to talk about the sort of the move toward building a multiracial democracy, we talk about the supreme court's role in dismantling. and you know what, to me as chief justice roberts, least offensive single decision on the court, shelby county versus holder, where you know, in 2013, the court takes a massive bite out of the voting rights act in ways that have been just so visibly effective and horrifyingly effective in reallocating political power in states with historical patterns of discrimination on the basis of race and voting. a world again, a world in which the court actually thought congress would be responsive. a world in which the court thought that a week after that decision, congress would introduce a new coverage formula, which the court almost expressly invited it to do. i don't th

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now, the wife of clarence thomas, remember it wasn't touch with white house and state officials following the 2020 presidential election, advocating efforts to overturn the results. today, clarence thomas, here's arguments about whether donald trump i'm should be immune from prosecution over this no recusal clashes at college campuses escalate overnight. we have the latest and the hotspots around the country good stuff brought to you by miracle league somebody would ask her something that she would just walk right past. he didn't know they were talking to her. >> i just could not hear i was hesitant to get the hearing aids because of my short hair, but nobody even sees them are nearly invisible. hearing aids are just one reason we've been the brand leader for over 70 five years when i finally get here for the first time, i could hear everything called miracle ear at one 347090 and scale digital, your free hearing evaluation today hey, as let's got you going through it grabbed new column for fewer asthma attacks nikola is a once monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma, not

matter what happens after that when he just simply directs doj to drop the case, it is coming visit clarence thomas is going to be weighing in on this, whose wife was involved on general our second unbelievable unbelievable. i mean, the idea that it's someone whose wife was intimately involved in still a believer that but she's entitled to believe any sheen did you want and she's entitled to exercise her first amendment rights in any way she wants, but it creates the impression when your husband is evaluating some of the same conduct you were you as the wife. we're advocating. it's it's unbelievable and just the fact that he hasn't recused himself yet it just shows how we are becoming immune to use a phrase from this egregious conflict of interests that thomas has, but there is no oversight over the supreme court. there is no binding ethics court code on the supreme court so it other than impeachment, there's nothing anyone can do to clarence thomas left. toobin. thanks so much, congressman kinzinger. thank you. coming up next. why four in prison, trump's latest statement on abortion has bee

do you believe clarence thomas should recuse himself from the argument today no, i don't. >> and i think people need to be very careful before they start saying the justices have to recuse based on what their spouse is done. i think people ought to be very careful that. and i say it in full disclosure rob is a law school classmate, a clearances. i've known jenny for many years ambassador bolton, great to see you this morning. >> i appreciate your time as always. thank you very interesting to have a month thank you all so much for joining us today. >> this is cnn news central. now, cnn's special coverage of donald trump's immunity battle. now, before the supreme court starts, now