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Investigation, and should donald trump run again, any case related to the 2024 election. neither clarence nor ginni thomas had any comment on this today. theres nothing that can force him to recuse himself, and republicans are standing by justice thomas. mitch mcconnell saying today he has, quote, total confidence in thomas, quote, brilliance and impartiality. david? >> jon karl live in washington. thank you. a somber ritual at dover air force base in delaware today, the dignified transfer of ...

To know in order to hold this man to account? he has affinity with -- andy speaks to quiet part out loud. what we have to confront, i think, over and over again, is why does he have a currency in our politics. we see, even in a time of war, even a time of barbarity and cruelty, by, putin he can still act in this way, and it seems as if hes not being held to account. >> of course, senator kramer spoke for all trump supporters today when he said, i dont know what hes talking about, but of course, ...

Supreme court has never been suspected of, or accused of anything as bad as what we already know clarence thomas has actually done. federal law says that no supreme court justice, or any other federal judge can participate quote, in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned. clarence thomas participated in the supreme court case involving his wifes communications with white house chief of staff, and others. not only did clarence thomas participate in that case, but ...

President of their party has nominated folks. i understand these issues, very real issues in america that create real divisions and real concerns, and i think marsha blackburn, amidst her questioning, there were substantive questions, and she spoke from her heart about a lot of her concerns, the same way i felt with amy coney barrett when i knew her strongly held beliefs could threaten a womans right to choose. there were a lot of folks on both sides of that hearing who had a lot of deep concern...

I understand these issues, very real issues in america that create real divisions and real concerns, and i think marsha blackburn, amidst her questioning, there were substantive questions, and she spoke from her heart about a lot of her concerns, the same way i felt with amy coney barrett when i knew her strongly held beliefs could threaten a womans right to choose. there were a lot of folks on both sides of that hearing who had a lot of deep concerns, but i respect judges who want to maintain t...

>> that comment leading to angry reaction from the kremlin. a scolding from a key ally, and a cleanup effort by the white house. coming up in just a few minutes, we want to look at the deeper question of what exactly to do about the russian president if regime change is not the goal here. how does the u.s. and the world deal with the accused war criminal if hes still in charge when this war ends? that conversation is coming up. also ahead this hour, the fallout from a political story here in t...

But when it comes down to a direct conflict, and clarence thomas is the one deciding whether she has to testify, for example. that could be a very direct conflict. but even if it is not directly asked to her, for example, the decision that the supreme court recently made about whether the national archives should turn over white house documents. he was the only justice who descended from that opinion. and now, i think it calls into question his impartiality. was that because he really believe th...

That federal law you cited, not just in the provision you cited, but a separate one in which -- and ill read it. that any reasonable person where their impartiality might reasonably be question the. of course it would be questioned. his wife was plotting an insurrection. and as legal ethicist steven gillers at the new york university law school said to me, if he didnt know, which is, of course, hard to believe, that his wife was involved in these, you know, to put a legal fine point on it, nutso...

Should ginni thomas texts affect her husbands ability to vote on any cases related to donald trump or the challenges to the election or january 6th? i mean, can an argument be made that a spouse of a justice has nothing to do with court case interpretations? >> i think its a really important point to make, alex. we never want to impute the conduct of one spouse to the other, they are obviously individuals. but when your spouse is participating in what is essentially an insurrection, where part o...

She directly involved with one of the litigants. but as far as january 6 goes if jenny thomas were going to sue the committee to prevent the release of more messages from her, that would be one thing. but they generally six committees and some other litigation for some other completely different reason, that has no bearing on justice clarence thomas and certainly he would not issue a blanket statement in advance to recuse. he would wait to see what the case with the specific controversy is and m...