ian, a senior correspondent. how republican supreme court is reshaping america. good morning, thank you for od being with us. let me start with you on back. promises to be a very busy week donald trump legal team, these proceedings, which do you think are going to leave us with the biggest impression of the greatest development by the end of the week? i was going to say all of them but i think the two that i am most watching our the bond hearing tomorrow because we know that donald trump, more than anything else, cares about his assets and what the public thinks of him about those assets. he was more rattled by the e civil fraud trial that i think most experts expected and continue to be rattled by the prospect of holding what is a
five counts. there were folks on the right to said there were no seditious conspiracy convictions. and now there are some. does this gleam anything for other far-right groups? are there other folks that should be concerned? you know, right now, we re kind of a pitted point in the january six investigation, ultimately. because, now we ve got in these big cases sort of out of the way, but i remind the audience hear that there s about 1000 people who have been charged, thus far and the total number of people, the total scope of people who could be charged in connection with january six, being at the end of the capital or assaulting law enforcement officers that day is well over 3000. the justice department, is never going to get there in the five years of statutes of limitation. what they upset, and what they have expressed to the judicial system, at the federal court in d.c. is that they could get around the 2000 numbers. that s another thousand cases in the next two and a half years.
statute that he violated along the way. but, ultimately, what this comes down to is when you worked at the white house, the reason why you wouldn t have done anything like that, hopefully because you are not the cool person but also because there would ve been consequences if the white house employee did something like this. the problem with clarence thomas, or any other supreme court justice, is the only way to remove them is buying peach man. and that s a 16 republican vote in the senate to remove them. that s not going to happen. yes, those votes are not there. you talk about ethics. earlier, this week, the senate judiciary committee after seeing many different reports, they actually held the hearing on the supreme court. and at the. watch this. ethics cannot simply be left to the discretion of the nation s highest court. the court should have a code of conduct, with clear an enforceable rules. so, both justices and the american people know when conduct crosses the line. the hig
thousands of dollars for consulting work more than a decade ago. leo specified that her name be left off the paperwork. in a statement to the post, legal defended the thomas s and said that he s always tried to protect the privacy. which is why he kept her name off the paperwork. nbc news has not independently confirmed this reporting. and this comes amid a new report from propublica. alleging what the republican donor, harlan crow paid the tuition for thomas s grand nephew who he was racing as a son at two private boarding schools. nbc news has not independently verified this report, we have reached out to the supreme court and justice thomas for comment. in a statement, harlan crow and his wife did not deny the story. saying that they longley passionate about giving back to youth. joining me now, to discuss, is ian millhiser senior correspondent at fox, where he focuses on the supreme court. he also wrote the book the agenda, how republican supreme court is reshaping america.
asked alito about promises scandals though, alito s only reply was, all stay away from that. why would anyone in the right mind criticize the court? anyway, since then, in just two weeks, we have got in the news that just days after being confirmed to the supreme court, justice neil gorsuch sold property to the head of the major law firm that frequently has business before the court, and he did not disclose who he sold that property to. and just today, we learned that whistleblower claims that chief justice john roberts wife, who recruits lawyers really law firms, has made at least $10 million in commissions while her husband has been on the court. quote, at least one of those firms argued a case before chief justice roberts after paying his wife hundreds of thousands of dollars. so justice alito s assertion that it is the media criticism of the court that s undermining trust in the institution, is very much up for debate. joining us now is ian, senior correspondent at vox where he foc