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Nothing to do with it. having said that, let me go back to the question that was asked of john kirby, which is what should we call what transpired over the weekend, a mutiny, cue, attempted coup, an armed rebellion. is it clear even based on the statement from prigozhin himself? >> well, i think we could call it a mutiny, but it kind of transcended that in some ways. if you think of this as something that directly challenged putins authority. and its not clear that necessarily prigozhin intended...

This. if the propublicas reporting is building on previous reporting with clarence thomas. alitos arguments look even flimsier. cleric thomas said it was okay, because it was my friend, and alito said its okay because they werent friends. bloomberg subsequently supported that yes, he did. now its well known that sam alitos sponsor, benefactor here, mr. singer, did have multiple cases before the court where he was a direct litigant and stood to gain a windfall of $2.5 billion, thanks to a ruling ...

Doesnt that look like your papa? thats your great grandfather. its like opening a whole nother world that we did not know existed. you finally have a face to a name. were discovering together... its been an amazing gift. a lawyer for clarence thomass best friend and benefactor, right-wing billionaire harlan crow, sent this letter, a second letter, to the senate judiciary committee yesterday. that would get that lawyer a failing grade on the bar exam. the lawyer spends six pages here, insisting t...

"I felt like we were educators," Mrs. Lane, a former schoolteacher, said of the art donations she and her late husband made.

Drug prices in the world. thats what we do, by the way. same benefactor of a drug in the united states, selling it here in japan, some in tokyo, berlin or around the world, they pay a lot less than we pay at home. so we said a simple proposition, lets look at how much it costs to make the product. ill ask you a show of hands they would at a town meeting, but i usually ask how many people know somebody who has type one or type two diabetes? and at least half the audience raises their hand. well, ...

This nonprofit would go on to pay her fairly under $1,000. none of it mentioning that is to ginni thomas. we dont know if the other payments were for her as well, though they didnt -- this does not seem great. what do you think about that? >> well, i use the word deceit, i use the word cover-up, i would use the word -- its clear that leonard leo knows that if they saw the light of day, it would cause controversy. and the bottom line here is that the court is getting itself into a lot of trouble ...

Grand nephew. propublica is once again behind more reporting between the financial relationship between justice clarence thomas, and gop mega donor, harlan you. joining me is msnbc senior legal correspondent, laura jarrett. explain this latest reporting and what sort of responses were getting from thomas and harlan you. >> its just flushing out a little bit more the financial entanglements between harlan, and you, and just sort of showing the extent and how unusual it is to have this wealthy ben...

Clarence thomas was th benefactor some lavish gifts and trips. we want to get right nbcs julie from the capital for u with more on this. what are we hearing, julie when it comes to durban toda as he makes this push to get roberts to appear? >> yeah, look, roberts could still up here, right he responded to an earlier letter from durbin and democrats on the committee, no yet to the invitation itself but that could still happen. and its not unprecedented durbin said that himself pointing out, in hi...

Facing this deep, deep suspicion by members of the public of the compromised situation coming to politics. >> lets bring in the coverage democratic senator blumenthal. i want to read something you tweeted out this morning quote it just keeps getting worse. thomas failure to report a ben tag -- benefactor purchased and renovated it i agree with you but tell me what an investigation looks like and how it happens. >> fist i believe that justice thomas should resign unavoidable, sickening stain of t...

A shocking, and maybe fall into the category of shockin and not necessarily that surprising because we know that in th past clarence thomas has bee exposed as having taken othe guests, and personal hospitality from the sam billionaire benefactor, harlan crow the new york times did a story out in 2011. and at the time it was als jaw-dropping yet here we are all these years later. and theres this much more and really is an unbelievabl situation for the highest cour in the land. its supposed to loo...