conservative viewpoints an telling lies to the american public tonight, former fox anchor, gretchen carlson, on what need to happen for change at he former network plus, another shady real estat deal at the supreme court, a the chief justice dismisse calls for oversight. then, riveting testimony fro the woman accusing donald trum of rape. but we learn from each - date on the witness stand. and congresswoman katie porter on the maga vote to slas funding for medicaid, veterans childcare, and more. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. tonight, the supreme court o the united states is under a cloud of scandal it all started earlier thi month with republican feel tha conservative justice, clarence thomas, was acceptin undisclosed gifts from right wing billionaire thomas accepted gifts includin luxury vacations worth literally hundreds of thousand of dollars, and this really, truly special painting from man named harlan crow, who has well, inter
disclosure documents reviewe by politico, gorsuch mad between 250 and $500,000 fro the deal, but crucially, he di not disclose who the buyer was or that the buyer had business before the court national investigative correspondent at politico brok this gorgeous story and join me now heidi, let s set up just the basics of this transaction here, what had happened and what the conditions were. right, this was in 2017 and a few months before justic gorsuch was sworn in, we wer told that bryan duffey, who the head of greenberg prague made an initial offer on thi home that gorsuch had been trying to off-load for about two years. it was then, when the new york times reported in march of tha year, chris, that gorsuch was, indeed, one of the co-owners it was two months after that i nine days after gorsuch wa sworn in that he finally finds a buyer. that buyer happens to be the
times reported in march of tha year, chris, that gorsuch was, indeed, one of the co-owners it was two months after that i nine days after gorsuch wa sworn in that he finally finds a buyer. that buyer happens to be the ceo of one of the biggest la firms with a pretty robust practice, supreme cour practice, but for the court. so, you know, i reached ou when i saw that this happened, this timing, was just one bi coincidence or what exactl happened here? i did speak with mr. duffy, he told me that he did become aware of who the owner was throughout the course of this, but it s still unclear exactly when that happened like i said, there was this bi new york times story in march. this, then, went through in may, so it was two months befor that gorsuch actually wa