begins in new york city, premiers sunday at 2:10 pm eastern on msnbc and wil stream on peacock. but tomorrow john will join me here in conversation right her in - premiere of this series. we ll have that show for you tomorrow you will not want to visit that is us for tonight i will see you again tomorrow. now it s time for the last wor with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence o donnell. - at 9 pm. he sure is. he s my favorite, he s my favorite this and i ll be watching. yes, as well. i thank you, alex wagner. thank you. we begin this hour wit breaking news about supreme sheldon whitehouse a member of the senate judiciary committee committee is calling for a investigation of justice thoma tonight by attorney genera merrick garland. quote, for potential violation of the ethics of government ac under chapter five of th united states code, section 13 106. senator whitehouse will be our first guest tonight in thi breaking news coverage of first in american histo
yes, as well. thank you, alex wagner. thank you. we begin this hour wit breaking news about supreme clare justice clarence thomas. sheldon whitehouse a member of the senate judiciary committee committee is calling for a investigation of justice thoma tonight by attorney genera merrick garland. quote, for potential violation of the ethics of government ac under chapter five of th united states code, section 13 106. senator whitehouse will be our first guest tonight in thi breaking news coverage of first in american history. and the 234 year history of th united states supreme court, n member of the united state supreme court has ever appeare clearly to break the law until now. clarence thomas absolutely violated the federal law cited by senator whitehouse in his demand florida investigation o the by the attorney general. the law could not be more clea or more simple it requires supreme cour justices and other federal employees to report any real estate transaction, quo
time in history, the supreme court justice clear violatio of law there are other aspects of clarence thomas s financia relationship to billionair harlan crow, which may b violations of law. because they have not been reported in clarence thomas financial disclosure forms either but those violations are not a perfectly clear cut as thi violation is it can now be said, withou qualification, to the suprem court justice has absolutely violated federal law and clarence thomas is the onl supreme court justice in history now known to have done that virginia kanter, a forme government ethics lawyer, told propublica, he needs to report his interest in the sale given the role crow has played i subsidizing the lifestyle of thomas in his wife you have to wonder if this was
reporting by propublica, which reported for the very firs time in history, the supreme court justice clear violatio of law there are other aspects of clarence thomas s financia relationship to billionair harlan crow, which may b violations of law. because they have not been reported in clarence thomas financial disclosure forms either but those violations are not a perfectly clear cut as thi violation is it can now be said, withou qualification, to the suprem court justice has absolutely violated federal law and clarence thomas is the onl supreme court justice in history now known to have done that virginia kanter, a forme government ethics lawyer, told propublica, he needs to report his interest in the sale given the role crow has played i subsidizing the lifestyle of thomas in his wife
you have to wonder if this was an effort to put cash in their pockets. you do not have to wonder. it did put cash in their pockets. virginia kanter, a forme government ethics lawyer, told propublica, he needs to report his interest in the sale given the role crow has played i subsidizing the lifestyle of thomas in his wife you have to wonder if this was an effort to put cash in their pockets. you do not have to wonder. it did put cash in their pockets. harlan crow did put tens o thousands of dollars of cash directly into clarence thomas pocket on october 15th 2014, the in his own hand, signed th paperwork for the sale and he did that. he signed that paperwork under