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This nonprofit would go on to pay her fairly under $1,000. none of it mentioning that is to ginni thomas. we don't know if the other payments were for her as well, though they didn't -- 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 -- it's 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 and that's bad for our democracy. you know, whatever the relationship is with thomas, and his ben...

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 we're getting from thomas and harlan you. >> it's 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 benefactor, not only as you outlined paying for the travel and the jets, but now the private school t...

Clarence thomas was th benefactor some lavish gifts and trips. we want to get right nbc's 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 it's not unprecedented durbin said that himself pointing out, in his invitation, that other justices appeared before the panel back in 2011. durbin also said in that...

Facing this deep, deep suspicion by members of the public of the compromised situation coming to politics. >> let's 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 this appearance of improprietary

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 there's this much more and really is an unbelievabl situation for the highest cour in the land. it's supposed to loo independent, here you have one justice taking all of this fro millions of dollars worth of gifts,...