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
testifying under oath fo several hours today, eight hours, to the attorney general in a civil case about hi business that could end up costing him a couple hundred million dollars. what is at stake for donal trump in that case well, obviously, there financial ramifications. but if he loses that case after trial in october - schedule then i think in terms of the immediate, i think what he i worried about is he s dealin with pincers closing in on him he s got the deposition toda have letitia james - now under indictment by alvi bragg. he s facing trial as hug showed just a moment ago in th civil case brought by e. jea carroll. and so i think he is trying to project some strength by saying, i m not going to go in there and take the fifth amendment or at least his lawyer sai that we don t know really happene there today. and trying to project some sor of image that he is not faze
things, including of course respect for jurisprudence an originality. so, lock him up was out of the question as a chance for the new yorkers who welcomed donal trump-backed manhattan onc again today to testify in civil lawsuit against him an his company, brought by ne york state attorney genera tish james new yorkers know that yo cannot be locked up at the end of a civil lawsuit, only subject it essentially to find which in this case could be in the hundreds of millions o dollars. so new yorkers a chant t donald trump on his way to testify today, it was th simple and for the thin skin donald trump, possibly deepl hurtful, new york hates you.
new york hates you justice department specia prosecutor jack smith appear to be focusing on th possibility of criminal frau in on trump s solicitation o contributions after he lost th presidential election. trump supporters were told fin email flirtations that their money would be used to stop th steal. the steal of the election. the washington post is recording the fundraising pron of the investigation is focuse on money raised during the period between november 3r 2020 and the end of thomas tim in office on january 20th, 2021 prosecutors are said to be interested in whether anyone associated with thes fundraising operations violate wire fraud laws, which would make it illegal to make fals representations over email t