donald trump. then, new ethics questions about supreme court justice, clarence thomas. and a billionaire donor. and, with just one week until title 42 inspires, a look at the humanitarian crisis at the southern border as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. i m simone in for stephanie ruhle. tonight, this brand-new reporting that special counsel, jack smith, is ramping up efforts to find out former president trump hid classified documents. the new york times writes, prosecutors have, quote, obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for trump at mar-a-lago. the report continues, quote, the existence of an insider witness, whose identity has not been disclosed could be a significant step in the investigation. this news comes just hours after the justice department scored a critical win in its prosecution of the january 6th attack. today, for members of the proud boys, including the group s leader enrique tarrio were convicted of seditious
what could happen if the u.s. were to go into default. generally, both russia and china would look to perceive a sort of narrate information operation such as an event as demonstrating the chaos within the united states that were not capable as functioning as a democracy. also, tonight, we are following brand-new reporting from propublica about supreme court justice, clarence thomas. the outlet reports wealthy republican donor harlan crow paid the private school tuition for a supreme justice thomas s grand nephew. and d.c. news hasn t identity verified propublica s reporting. but we have reached out to the parties involved. much more on this, just ahead. with, that let s bring in our lead off panel, ryan reilly is here, justice reporter for nbc news. michael schmidt, new york times washington correspondent. an msnbc national security contributor. and barbara mcquade, a veteran federal prosecutor and former u.s. attorney for the eastern