it does seem to have started through harlan crow, who's been a very close friend of clarence thomas'sthe grove initially. the thing that's really notable about this is that these relationships happened after thomas came to the court. so, there weren't friendships that he had from growing up. of course, he grew up poor. harlan crow did not. they kochs did not. and he did not go to any college. these were all friendships that he says are, you know, he's called harlan crow a close friend. but what developed after he became a supreme court justice. and we think that's extraordinarily notable. >> it is. you know, elie, this story has everything. it has leonard leo. it's got violent quote, the guy with a garden of evil. of course, it's got the kochs, missing up until now. and of course it's got ginni thomas, of course it's got hurt. let me read a piece of this. during one of these events, the group announced new initiatives focused on getting conservatives off the supreme court, the federal bench. the network which had already given millions of lls to leonard leo's federalist society plan t

then supreme court justice clarence thomas is facing new scrutiny after propublica revealed he had secretly participated in at least two donor fundraising events organized by the right wing koch network founded by the koch brothers. >> justice thomas appearance at these events was not previously disclosed. amy: and senator robert menendez has been indicted along with his wife for allegedly accepting large bribes to benefit the egyptian government. >> special agents with the fbi executed search warrants on the residence and safety deposit box of robert menendez and amy menendez. they discovered approximately $500,000 cash stuffed in envelopes and closets. some of the cash was stuffed in the senator jacket pockets. amy: we will go to cairo and new jersey for the latest. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. new jersey governor phil murphy and a growing number of state democrats are calling on senator bob menendez to resign after he and his wife were indicted friday on bribery charges. congressmember andy kim annou

more ties between some supreme court justices and republican megadonor, specifically, justice clarence thomasoke at a koch brother event helping to fund-raise for pro wright causes. propublica did not -- we also know based on the report that justice thomas ruled on at least one case involving the koch network, after speaking at one of the koch events. the problem before us is how to hold this hike or accountable, how to preserve the courts independents from politics. it is a tricky question with no clear answer. my next guest is a former deputy assistant attorney general to both the clinton and bush administrations, and she says that there are four specific things that could preserve the supreme court's legitimacy. she's here next to laid out. next to laid out. your financial story. ♪♪ we're not an airline, but our network connects global businesses across nearly 160 markets. ♪♪ we're not a startup, but our innovation labs use new technologies to help keep your information secure. ♪♪ we're not architects, but we help build stronger communities. ♪♪ we're not just any bank. we are citi. ♪♪ my a

more ties between some supreme court justices and republican megadonor, specifically, justice clarence thomasother event helping to fund-raise for pro wright causes. propublica did not -- we also know based on the report that justice thomas ruled on at least one case involving the koch network, after speaking at one of the koch events. the problem before us is how to hold this hike or accountable, how to preserve the courts independents from politics. it is a tricky question with no clear answer. my next guest is a former deputy assistant attorney general to both the clinton and bush administrations, and she says that there are four specific things that could preserve the supreme court's legitimacy. she's here next to laid out. -it's a nail fungus infection. -...that's gross! -it's nothing, really... -it's contagious. you can even spread it to other people. -mom, come here! -don't worry about it. it'll go away on its own! -no, it won't go away on its own. it's an infection. you need a prescription. nail fungus is a contagious infection. at the first signs, show it to your doctor... ... and as

and how does all of that income to clarence thomas effect his votes on the supreme court.te, would go on to simply list that his wife had received money from her consulting business, without detailing how much or from home, or whether any of the people paying her had interests before the supreme court. joining us now is democratic senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island. he's a member of the senate judiciary committee. he is chair of the subcommittee on federal courts. he's also host of the podcast, making of a case. senator whitehouse, so there is virginia thomas saying she knows exactly why people are nice to her, why they want to get close to her, why they want to supply her with income, presumably. and here is politico reporting more on that essentially secret income that she has. >> yeah, the first thing to consider here is that she is married to a supreme court justice, and they have obligations to make disclosures so that the people can evaluate whether there are conflicts of interests that are emerging. and instead of doing that fairly, in a way to involve the p

this all comes as justin clarence thomas accepted free vacations, private jet rights for members of hisy and more from prominent right-wing billionaires and the revelations about justice thomas keep on coming. as we will discuss later on the show tonight. of course, sadly, it is not just republicans who seemed to have behaved in a brace in the corrupt manner, and eroding americans trust in government. one of the most prominent and influential democrats in the senate, robert menendez of new jersey, was indicted on federal corruption charges, accused of using his position to benefit a major donor. >> prosecutors accuse robert menendez of using his u.s. senate office to help a florida i doctor and big political donor, sullivan milligan, under his investigation -- he was also charged today. the indictment says that menendez urged the government to adopt reimbursement policies that would benefit melvin to honor a port security contract in which the country that milken was an investor and get visas for melvin's girlfriends. in return, prosecutors say that doctor melgen gave thousands of campa

thing for the court to do that. >> that was justice cagan, after another bomb shell report on clarence thomasonal relationship with republican billionaires, charles and david koch. that friendship developed over years of trips to the bohemian grove. propublica reports that thomas rubbed elbows with the kochs and billionaire harlan crow. the report also revealed that over the years, thomas secretly attended at least two donor events for the koch network. putting thomas in the extraordinary position of having served as a fundraising draw for a right wing network that has invested a lot of money into an upcoming supreme court case. the case revisits a long standing precedent known as chevron defense council. conservatives have been asking the court to overrule chevron in areas ranging from the environment to labor rights. the koch network has long pushed to see chevron overturned. justice thos did not respond to a request for comment. and telling propublica, quote, the idea that attending a couple of events to promote a book or give remarks as all justices do could be of undue influence just doe

justice clarence thomas traveled the world in billionaire -- crow billionaire private jet. buying the home of justice's home and allowing live there rent free. he even paid for the education of relative just to thomas. none of this with included in justice thomas's financial disclosures. justice samuel alito took an all expense paid luxury fishing trip to alaska. he traveled there on the private jet of billionaire hedge fund manager, pulsing. or he stayed at a fishing lodge of conservative donna raab and berkeley. like justice thomas, justice alito did not disclose any of these receipts in explaining this justice alito said he did not believe he was required to disclose the private jet travel because he was sitting in a seat that would have otherwise been empty. justice so to my used her tax funded court stab to promote additional sales of her books and conjunction with speaking gauge. meant she failed to recuse herself with cases involving her bush publisher. if any of the senators are sitting in this room today, were advised in similar activities, they're in violation of

the way, did not disclose, several people told propublica that before the pandemic, they saw clarence thomas there about every year. according to this report, thomas was a feature and speaker at the event at least once. justice thomas was the actual entertainment. in response the questions about the trip, crow called thomas a man of credible integrity, and quote. whom he is never heard discussing pending legal matters with anyone. neither crow nor justice thomas responded to propublica's response to questions about whether the justice reimbursed crow for these trips. somehow, that remarkable reporting about the new justice thomas unethical quandary is just the tip of the iceberg in propublica's reporting. let's go back to in term justice thomas at this bohemian festival. with him in the middle, we recognize that face, that is ken burns, the filmmaker. more importantly, the tall guy on the right is the billionaire conservative megadonor, david koch. you know him as one of the koch brothers. propublica notes that during the annual retreats, they often discussed political strategy with fellow g

for a first pick, let's give a warm -- none other than supreme court justice clarence thomas.n court ethics. just a time of this big released his annual financial report disclosing three 2022 trips paid for by his friends, gop maiden, harlan crow. those trips, by the way, include use of crows private jet. in the report, he also admitted from for previous years, that he says, quote, inadvertently emitted information, including a 2014 real estate deal and which crop paid for three georgia properties that belonged to tomatoes family. we should note, he may not have ever known about any of this, had it not been for propublica reporting that highlighted multiple lavish gifts and trips thomas received from crew over the years. next up, we head to texas where disgraced republican attorney general ken paxton is set to face an impeachment trial this tuesday, following multiple accounts of corruption and bribery. the ap has obtained new records, detailing how paxton allegedly raped the benefits of being one of the states most powerful figures. these perks include unexplained caribbean a

and demanding an apology from hill for recounting hers experience of being sexually harassed by clarence thomas launched a new nonprofit consulting group and leonard leo found a different way to funnel her cash with no apparent paper trail. kellyanne conway would serve as the conduit for that. leo arranged for between $80 and $1then,000 to go to ginni thomas through conway for unspecified work in 2011 and 2012. as she stepped back, leo reactivated a nonprofit group, the judicial education project which would file numerous briefs before his friend's supreme court. here's where things get tricky and trust me, this is tricky. the judicial education project is tax exempt as a charity, and has to file forms to keep that status. it is a legal requirement that their funds are used for charitable or educational purposes. politico is reporting and subsequent probes have raised questions that leo's groups have taken advantage of tax disclosure laws to send additional business and funds to ginni thomas amongst other activists. joining me now to pull all of this apart is melissa murray, nyu law professor,

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so, the important thing to recognize hardest by the defensive tone is that in this disclosure, clarence thomas confirms all of the recent reporting about the justice and his billionaire benefactor. over the past few months, they published revelation after revelation of the vacations that thomas took on cruise yacht. the flights on his private jet, the weeks of his private resort, the purchase of his mother's home. undisclosed, where she still lives. undisclosed, rent free. undisclosed, until now. and the private school tuition paid for the justices grandnephew who he was raising as a son. because of that dogged reporting, clarence thomas was essentially shamed into coming forward and admitting that, well, they got it right. and he should have disclosed all of those gifts that he received from harlan crow. this is not the end of the story. the democrats have called the department of justice to open an investigation into thomas's actions. today, they called thomas -- who will not deter us from investigating the massive secret right wing billionaire influence in which this course is admired. i do

see for yourself at botoxcosmetic.com. >> supreme justice clarence thomas's lawyer says they will cooperateor addressing any remaining issues with it and its staff in the wake of this seationalized allegations. definitely sclerosis should never be weaponized against any justice simply because any organization or anyone disagrees with the way justice things, right, for votes. senator sheldon whitehouse is back with us. and senator, this is the biggest revision of financial disclosure forums i believe in the history of financial disclosure forms, including senators, house members, anyone. and it is striking to me. it's a supreme court justice and repeatedly the are explanations like this for new provisions. this refers to the sale of his mother's house to billionaire harlan crow. the house clarence thomas partially owned. he said, clarence thomas's inadvertently failed to release the sales transaction for the final disposition of these properties triggered a new, reportable transaction. this is not complicated stuff. just one more, this is the most amazing one of all to me. personal bank acco

the article says that supreme court justice clarence thomas for the first time acknowledged that he shouldave reported selling real estate to harlan crow in 2014. the transaction was revealed earlier this year. writing in his annual financial disclosure form, thomas said he inadvertently failed to realize that the deal needed to be publicly disclosed. the form, which was made public thursday after he had received an extension on the filing deadline, promised -- thomas also disclosed three private jet trips last year from crow. pro public a report on two of those trips. thomas defended his previous practice of not disclosing private jet flights provided him over the years. in a statement thursday, an attorney for thomas said that, after reviewing his records, i am confident there has been no willful ethics transgression and any prior reporting errors were inadvertent. that is pro public a reporting -- propublica reporting on those financial disclosures. this is more from those financial disclosures and how thomas and his attorney described some of these trips as expenses on his financial di

the article says that supreme court justice clarence thomas for the first time acknowledged that he shouldave reported selling real estate to harlan crow in 2014. the transaction was revealed earlier this year. writing in his annual financial disclosure form, thomas said he inadvertently failed to realize that the deal needed to be publicly disclosed. the form, which was made public thursday after he had received an extension on the filing deadline, promised -- thomas also disclosed three private jet trips last year from crow. pro public a report on two of those trips. thomas defended his previous practice of not disclosing private jet flights provided him over the years. in a statement thursday, an attorney for thomas said that, after reviewing his records, i am confident there has been no willful ethics transgression and any prior reporting errors were inadvertent. that is pro public a reporting -- propublica reporting on those financial disclosures. this is more from those financial disclosures and how thomas and his attorney described some of these trips as expenses on his financial di

clarence thomas is now being implicated and they play to play scandal. calls for his were crucial and for his resignation. i'll speak live with some really and then the gop is broken priorities. instead of focusing on a looming government shutdown and erosion of our democracy republicans can't stop complaining about hoodies and shorts. two of the world's most influential men are both pushing the world's oldest hatred. . >> did evening, one of the main reasons americans are so fed up with washington d.c. so distrustful of our government and angry about the state of our public life is because so many of our politicians on both sides of the political divide seem to be bought and paid for. like big corporations went by dark money groups. robert menendez was accused of being bought and paid for by the egyptian government. he was indicted by the doj on friday on corruption and bribery charges that he denies. and let's be clear corruption is a huge issue for voters. it's a cancer in our system of government. but what happens when it's not elected politician tha

supreme controversy, new ethical questions about supreme court justice, clarence thomas, after a bombshell report on his ties to the powerful and ultraconservative koch brothers network are big. good morning, katie phang is off today, i'm jonathan capehart. this is a two hour edition of the saturday show. we two big moves that the united auto workers strike against the big three car giants. now entering its second week. president biden said yesterday he will head to michigan on tuesday to join the picket line and stand in solidarity with the men and women of the uaw. it will occur one day before a planned visit to the state by donald trump. biden's announcement came after uaw president, john fain, made an announcement of his own. the union walkout has expanded to include 38 parts and distribution centers operated by general motors and stellantis. famed says ford is being spared because that automaker has met some of the unions demands during negotiations over the past week. nbc news correspondent, jesse, kershaw is live from pontiac, michigan. jesse? >> hey, jonathan. good morning. what we

. >>> supreme court justice clarence thomas disclosing trips paid for by his billionaire friend. five private flights last year. what his new filing also reveals. terry moran at the supreme court. >>> horrific images overseas. dozens of men, women, and children killed in a raging inferno. a massive fire tearing through a building. >>> 24 hours after that alarming scene involving senator mitch mcconnell, again freezing in front of the cameras, what the capitol physician is saying tonight. >>> here at home, the deadly helicopter crash outside new york city. the chopper going down in a lake. >>> and america strong. tonight, the nebraska volleyball team smashing the world record for women's sports. the largest crowd ever cheering them on. >>> good evening, and it's great to have you with us on a thursday night, i'm mary bruce, in for david. and we begin with the deadly trail of destruction and the lingering disruptions after hurricane idalia plowed into florida and barrelled across several states. at this hour, the storm is now out to sea, but its e being felt up the atlantic coast,

he says that her husband jeffrey clarence thomas rolls on. you are from politico's i.t.nited in 2010. the ruling as you know changed american politics overnight. unleashing unlimited dark money into our political system. thomas, a deciding vote in the 5 to 4 rule. according to politico before the rule, ginni thomas hit the ground running preparing for the new reality of big money politics. in those months before the landmark decision, thomas and her allies graded organization to capture political momentum, and to reshape the federal. courts political describes this conservative movement as a quote, billion dollar force that has helped remake the judiciary and overturned long-standing legal precedents on abortion, affirmative, action and any other. issues we find legal scholars to devise theories to -- help elect state attorney generals willing to apply those theories. much lavish campaigns for conservative judicial nominees setting those theories in the rulings from the. bench we should note that thomas did not respond to politicos questions about the story. joining me n

yes i'm of course referring to clarence thomas, darling of the conservative movement. a man who according to propublica reporting from this, year accepted luxury chips from republican megadonor nfc -- harlan crow, including international travel in his private jet, and his super-yacht. not just on mr. benefited from the billionaires generosity, the justices mother currently lives rent free in a home crow bought from the family. crow also reportedly paid private boarding school tuition for thomas's grand nephew but the latest propublica bombshell piece on thomas which dropped on friday, maybe the most damning, the most shocking, the most outrageous of them all. according to the new report, while on the, bench he devoted a year-long friendship with libertarian billionaire brothers charles and the late david koch. propublica had the details on how the -- for the sprawling political organization the koch network. with -- attending at least to koch donor a vent over the years. he was brought in to speak with the hopes that's us access to a sitting justices would encourage do

most of the disclosures are about undisclosed excesses enjoyed by clarence thomas and his wife, ginni have about disclosure are related to revelations about one justice. how do the rest of them feel about that? >> not great. it's clear that there is some dissension in the ranks. there are some justices who want to move forward a little more aggressively on reining in some of these excesses, whether it be with travel rules, more disclosure rules or a formal code of conduct, and there are some justices who are pushing back on that. that's pretty much as much as i can disclose. but the court wants to speak as a group of nine when it changes internal policy. you saw that back in april, the letter that you highlighted to chairman durbin earlier in the show. that was signed, that statement of ethics principles and practices just restated things already done, all nine of them signed it. so i think that it's a real challenge absent congressional action, which we know in the house and senate in different hands, absent congressional action, it will the difficult to get them to agree to somethin

>> justice clarence thomas should resign.e united states supreme court. it is not like he accepted one expensive watch. [silence] >> oh goodness, it looks like the skype connection has gone down for us. we're certainly going to try to get that back. they are more questions we would like to ask the congressman lieu, but we will see if we're able to do that. in the meantime, we have a shocking new poll out today and what it tells us about the 2024 race, plus, here is a reality check. some of the more baffling statements by donald trump in a newly released deposition. baker's coming right back, he will break it down for us. wn for us. but with prilosec otc just one pill a day blocks heartburn for a full 24 hours. for one and done heartburn relief, prilosec otc. one pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. as someone living with type 2 diabetes, i want to keep it real and talk about some risks. with type 2 diabetes you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. even at your a1c goal, you're still at risk ...w

and clarence thomas was at a donor event trying to help the koch network raise money.is a clear conflict of interest and he must recuse, because of it. o>> congressman dan goldman, thank you for being with us tonight. coming up, donald trump tries to trick americans into thinking he's pro union with a visit to michigan during the auto workers strike. but don't be fools, i'll explain why in this weeks gotcha. and we're watching capitol hill, as the senate takes up a last-minute spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. stay with msnbc for the latest. but first, my colleague richard lui with today's top news stories. richard? >> roughly, are. new york city is drawing out of her nearly seven inches of rain led to widespread flooding. southwest, buses have resumed. normal service. officials say a sea lion that briefly swam out of her enclosure in central park was rescued and is now back at the. suit the french government assures parisians it will solve a bit by problem in time for the summer olympics, less than a year from. now the bloodsucking and six were found on su

tonight, explosive new reporting on how clarence thomas's wife, ginni, has made the ruling work for her, when all in starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening from washington. i am mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. tomorrow, the house is back in session following a lengthy summer recess. and republican speaker kevin mccarthy faces a new round of headaches, including a looming government shutdown and a renewed push for some of the most extreme numbers of its conference to impeach president joe biden for something -- they haven't quite figured that part out yet. if you want to understand just how ridiculous and cynical this impeachment attempt is, let me introduce you to republican congressman ken buck of colorado. if you've been following american politics for a long time, you might remember that name. buck first became notorious during a race for senate back in 2010, when he made these comments about his primary opponent, republican lieutenant governor jane norton. >> i don't know if anybody has any questions, i'm gonna get my speech for the fourth time today -- [laughter] good, yes? >> why

a new financial disclosure today from justice clarence thomas, revealing he accepted three trips from a billionaire friend who is a large republican donor laura jarrett joins us now. laura, justice thomas putting out the new disclosure, also taking aim at some of his critics. >> reporter: yes, lester this was long-awaited, as justice thomas today officially d disclosed several pry vault jet rides he accepted from that conservative mega-donor harlan crow last year. their friendship has been under heavy scrutiny, after reports about all the luxury trips thomas hadn't does closed for years. now, his property sales to crow also now detailed for the first time now, thomas' lawyer says any errors in reporting were just inadvertent mistakes, as the disclosure rules were recently clarified. at least one of those rides from last year thomas says he took was because of security risks after that draft opinion leaked, the one overturning roe versus wade he said he never took any gifts from anyone with any business before the court meantime, senate democrats continue to push for ethics reform on t

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a lot of the elements in clarence thomas end billionaire scandal. the vice president harris, making use over this weekend. we have this story by the end of the hour when we will actually be joint by the artist, comment, who is with harris on saturday. >>> out top stories the loss for a key trump legal defense strategy in georgia, where donald trump's former chief of staff led an effort to remove his case out of the georgia courts, and the lost. a federal judge, denying the bid to take that trial to federal court. he thought his odds were better. the loss for mr. mike meadows, now defendant, means he will face trial in georgia. it's also bad news for other trump codefendants who hoped to take this same tact, and he hopes to get into this with you right now that we bring in michael steele. here's the bottom line. a judge has rejected mike meadows claiming that he was acting as a proper federal official for activities that are legit in this regard i mean, because meadows is accused of crimes about overturning the election results in georgia, and the ju

a group that then came to be partially run by a former supreme court to clarence thomas.like you pointed out just weeks before the citizens united ruling. and, fact they sign the paperwork incorporating and putting lettered leo as a director on this in new years eve. it's hard to believe according to experts that clarence thomas was discussing about that ruling. of course, to be, fair advise widely expected the court might do this. even, so the timing of it is really auspicious. you can look at the timeline. what we have found is that when they created this, group it became public months after they did so, katie. they were forced to step away. this was a key revelation here. they had a plan b. that plan b was to use a separate dark money group. this was a group that went on to become a prolific filer of briefs before her husband. that group was used to secretly pay her. collaborating to arrange payments. we were told by representatives that they would not tell us. this was over the span of several weeks. those groups are still in existence. she started her consulting busi

on thursday, justice clarence thomas filed his 202financial disclosure report. this comes after multiple pro hubblea, which uncoveredom years of undisclosed gifts received by thomas the court changed its disclosure rules in march prior to these pieces many of those gifts came from republican donor harlan crow crow's name appeared multiple times in the latest report, reportedly paying for thomas' travel on three occasions, including to a conservative conference last may. thomas, also noted that he flew on a private jet on that trip due security concerns after the leak of the dobbs decision another pro-publica record revealed that crow had bought property in georgia, originally owned by thomas and his family addressing this in the report, thomas said he did not think he was required to disclose the sale as he lost money on the transaction. a lawyer for thomas said in a statement he is confident that the justice did not willingly make any ethics transgressions justice samuel alito also filed his disclosure report along with thomas on thursday alito similarly came un

harlan crow's estate, a beautiful vacation estate in upstate new york, and then going back to 2014 clarence thomasput on prior forms the fact that harlan crow bought three profits from members of the family in georgia, that benefited the thomas family but clarence thomas said there was an overall loss in the sale to him and he didn't think he had to report it. those were the details of that filing. just captured a single year except for the flashback to 2014. >> justice thomas claimed he was advise advised to avoid commercial travel for safety reason and this was after the leak of the draft opinion. can you talk about how that played into this? >> the leak of the dobbs ruling last year was the case that did eventually overturn roe v. wade and he went to dallas on one of those trips and he said in his financial filing he had been advised -- i don't know if all justices had been advised but he said he was following advice from court authorities to avoid flying commercial. i am not aware of other justices taking private jets. i had known that might be something they would be doing. it was a very tens

the narrative has been relentless against clarence thomas. there is only one fact that matters if you cut through the noise. harlan crow and these friends had no business before the supreme court. full stop. >> john: is that the line that you could accept gifts from people but if they have business before the court that puts it into a whole different -- >> you have all kinds of things you have to report based on where they are coming from. that had been what justice thomas said there were things that may not have been reported but didn't think they had to be. again that's one of the things that came out of burke's statement yesterday. he never did accept a gift with anybody that had business before the court. crowe is conservative and have certain interests even if he is not the name on the case before the court. remember, there are justices on the other side of the ideological been much here who also had questionable issues have had to alter their financial disclosures, too. so pro publy ca is interested in specific justices but maybe not al

tonight, new ethics questions are swirling around conservative supreme court justice clarence thomas.s reveal justice thomas took multiple trips last year aboard a plane owned by republican megadonor harlan crow. cbs's jan crawford has more tonight from the supreme court. >> reporter: in the financial disclosure report, justice thomas reveals three trips last year on a friend's private jet, a paid luxury vacation at his estate in the adirondacks, while insisting any omissions from his previous financial disclosures reports were inadvertent or the result of long-standing guidance he received from court officials. two of the trips on friend and republican donor harlan crow's private jet were for speeches. thomas says his security detail advised private travel last may because of the security risk after a draft leak of the court's opinion overturning roe vs. wade. thomas also amended a filing regarding a real estate transaction with crow, who in 2014 bought three properties from him and his family members in savannah, georgia, including his mother's home. thomas said he didn't realize he

in an unrelated matter we received updated financial discloegzers from justice clarence thomas who istice thurgood marshal's successor on the supreme court. given his concuring opinions in decisions like dobbs and student affair missions which ended affirmative action on base his legacy may be dismantling the very liberal policies that worked to get people like justice thomas to the bench. >> and i think that's one of the tragedies, and indeed he largely was -- is doing his job. the only reason why he even was appointed to the supreme court was because he was a black face who would support the attack on black people. and unfortunately he's done that over the course of his supreme court career. he's been well-rewarded for it over the course of his career. and, unfortunately, people who look like him have suffered as a result of his supreme court career. >> when this country has made progressive strides in the past, we've discussed this, there's always a backlash like the crack down on voting rights in georgia after the state flipped to democratic control in 2020, like the book bans and

morgan wealth management. >> today the supreme court justice clarence thomas officially acknowledged past year he took three trips on a private jet owned and paid for by this man, billionaire republican donor harlan crow. according to justice thomas's annual financial disclosure report, crow also funded a trip for thomas to upstate new york, presumably to the same private lakeside resort in the adirondacks that was captured in this now famous painting. looks like a nice place. this is the first time in years that justice thomas has reported receiving any kind of hospitality from his friend crow. this follows changes to disclosure rules and public pressure after a series of bombshell investigative reports from propublica the detailed a lavish trips to thomas and other justices like samuel alito failed to disclose in the past. justice thomas's lawyer defended premier previous emissions, saying, quote there has been no willful ethics transgression, and any prior reporting errors were strictly inadvertent. end quote. this comes as they face supreme court justices faith -- in face of a mis

forever... ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ be by your side... ♪ ♪ i'll be there... ♪ >>> tonight supreme court justice clarence thomasby a republican megadonor. the updated disclosure explains previous omissions of the gifts were strictly inadvertent. this comes after reports thomas failed to properly disclose several luxury trips, real estate transactions, other gifts bank rolled by his wealthy friends. justice samuel alito also amended his forms discloeging a trip to italy sponsored by a conservative group that has filed friends of the court briefs before the high court. let's talk about this with someone who closely follows the supreme court npr's legal affairs correspondent nina totenberg. we did hear from a lawyer for justice thomas who put out a statement saying he has also strived for full transparency and adherence to the law. i think that might raise some eyebrows. look how long it look to reveal this. >> well, we've seen a plethora of stories in the last year from pro publica and other news organizations about the justices' benefactors, people who have given him plush vacations, help in a loan, secured to f

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those gifts to conservative justice clarence thomas from republican mega donor harlan crow are amongosures in a newly released financial statement from the justice. his lawyers say any earlier omissions were strictly inadvertent. but this latest news has court critics enraged. >> how it is possible that we do not have a code of ethics that is binding upon the highest court in the land? >> i come from regular stock. >> reporter: this film on thomas was funded by the billionaire real estate man crow, who says he met the justice in 1996. they became friends. both love motown music and never discuss cases. yet earlier reports from propublica name crow and three other big businessmen as ultra wealthy benefactors of the justice, giving him at least 38 destination vacations, including a previously unreported voyage on a yacht around the bahamas, 26 private jet flights, plus an additional eight by helicopter, a dozen vip passes to professional and college sporting events, two stays at luxury resorts in florida and jamaica, and one standing invitation to an uber exclusive golf club. >> justic

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also, what is going on with justice clarence thomas? he just disclosed more trips with the republican megadonor, including one just days after the dobbs decision was leaked. and later, lawmakers return to the hill, they'll hit the ground running, as a possible government shutdown calls for multiple investigations move. this is american voices. hello everyone, i'm julian castro, in for alicia menendez. we begin this hour with georgia's governor shutting down a challenge to donald trump's racketeering case, paving the way for a historic trial in atlanta. governor brian kemp refused to call a special session to remove fulton county district attorney fani willis, slamming the request from republicans as, quote, political theater. >> up to this point, i have not seen any evidence that d.a. willis's actions, or lack thereof, weren't absent by the prosecuting attorney oversight commission. in georgia, we will not be engaging in political theater that only inflames the motions of the moment. we will do what is right, we will uphold our oaths as

and i think there needs to be -- or whether it's clarence thomas. there needs to be clarifications, and this needs to be tightened up so people know the difference between legal and illegal and they don't get -- they don't cross those gray areas. >> is the solution term limits? i mean, if this town sticks to high heaven as it seems to really stick to high heaven these days, is it time for term limits? not just on capitol hill but for justices on the supreme court? i mean, the allegations you just mentioned, allegations against clarence thomas are just growing. >> i'm not -- i'm not a fan of term limits because i think it then opens the door for a bunch of people who are not -- who don't know the institution, have no institutional -- for example we're looking at mitt romney who has imposed term limits on himself because of his age. the problem is that the people -- the younger ones aren't all that good either. a lot of them are crazy and don't know squat about legislation. so i'm not a fan of term limits. what i am a fan of, though, is emoluments clo