conservative billionaire harlan crow. thomas also declined to properly disclose the that crow was his mother s landlord, who bought her house back in 2014, and let her live there rent free, as you do. thomas initially defended himself by saying that he did not have to disclose the gifts from crow because he had been, quote, advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the court, was not reportable. except bloomberg news later revealed that harlan crow did have business before the court, his family s business was involved in an appeal that the court ultimately declined to hear back in 2005. but clarence thomas is far from the only justice with a cloud over his head today. justice neil gorsuch has had some disclosure issues of his own. last, week politico reported that gorsuch was less than forthcoming about his involvement in a real estate deal in which the head of one of the nation s largest law firms, which does robust bu
itself. that logic does seem pretty obvious when you say it out loud. why should supreme court justices be able to police themselves, especially when even the appearance of a conflict of interest can call the legitimacy of the highest court in the land into question? of the six conservative justices on the supreme court, five have recently been embroiled in some kind of scandal, or accusations of a scandal, starting with justice clarence thomas. last month, propublica reveal that thomas failed to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and travel expenses that he received from conservative billionaire harlan crow. thomas also declined to properly disclose the that crow was his mother s landlord, who bought her house back in 2014, and let her live there rent free, as you do. thomas initially defended himself by saying that he did not have to disclose the gifts from crow because he had been, quote, advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, w
given the outcome of tha wisconsin supreme court race o just talk, about seems to be largely driven by abortion rights, do you think republicans will somehow eventually pivot on this issue are they just cannot ignor reality and just doubled dow once again ron desantis is a terribl terrible bind. his largest political donors are calling him and saying, if you vote for the six-week ban, we re out, we re done, it over he s gonna sign the six-week ban, it is trouble just like dobbs, the dog caugh the car, and they re gonna hav a world of hurt from femal voters over this, and a lot of men voters to. rick wilson, friend of th katie phang show and a frien of mine, thank you for joining us congratulations on your first year, katie! thank you. thanks, rick. and coming up, rules for the but not for me for decades, supreme court justice clarence thomas ha reportedly been showered wit lavish six figure jet-settin vacations around the world all thanks to a conservative
personhood it s the only place it can g unless there is a response fro the people melissa, you talk about what s happening in texas an washington state you talk about what s happenin in idaho, you talk about what happening in tennessee and the effects of gerrymandering, which you ve often flagged for us in the theoretical context. we are seeing them play out in very realtime. all of it goes back to the supreme court. you ve made that point over an over again last year, polling found the trust in the supreme court at historic low last, year you had propublic issuing an explosive report on justice thomas s trips paid fo by conservative billionaire. thomas argues they are close friends. talk to me about wha accountability for thomas migh look like and what that mean in terms of the sanctity of th court. and the real person w should be directing that question to is john chie roberts, the chief justice o the united states suprem court. what does the this rogue member of the court who
question. there s also the question, chris, however it s being receive inside the white house what the clooez are thinking when the go-ahead is given through a government backed loan to a project they know is connected to the president. that s a problem. look, the indonesian project may be completely separate from what s happening with zte, but the optics of this stink. you said that senator blumenthal said it. it s why we have divestment rules and why you don t have previous president who ses have business interests because anytime the president takes action, you re going to question the legitimacy of it. final question for you, nick. slightly adjacent to this, you have a story you broke with your colleague about the fbi now investigating cambridge analytica, the notorious firm that was hired by the trump campaign run by conservative billionaire robert plerser or backed by him. what have you learned about that. the fbi and the justice department have opened what may be a separ