tonight. if there s one thing journalist have learned from donald trump s many legal ordeals, it s always to have a camera ready. that came in handy today when members of our nbc team spotted this guy leaving a federal courthouse in washington, d. c.. the same courthouse where a grand jury has been hearing testimony about efforts from trump and others to deny joe biden the presidency in 2020. this guy that you re looking at right here, his name is gary michael brown. i think it s gee michael brown at the moment. that s relevant. the former deputy director of election day operations for trump s 2020 campaign. a very important figure in the fake elector plot that put together to stop congress from certifying the election on january the 6th. mr. brown made it to the final report of the january six committee, specifically to a section this further explains the multi state plot. quote, by early january, most of the fake elector votes had arrived in washington, except those from mi
the same courthouse where a grand jury has been hearing testimony about efforts from trump and others to deny joe biden the presidency in 2020. this guy that you re looking at right here, his name is gary michael brown. i think it s gee michael brown at the moment. that s relevant. the former deputy director of election day operations for trump s 2020 campaign. a very important figure in the fake elector plot that put together to stop congress from certifying the election on january the 6th. mr. brown made it to the final report of the january six committee, specifically to a section this further explains the multi state plot. quote, by early january, most of the fake elector votes had arrived in washington, except those from michigan and wisconsin. undeterred, the trump team arranged to fly them to washington and hand deliver them to congress for the vice president himself. quote, freaking trump idiots want someone to fly a original elector papers to the senate president. wi
cases come to be. most times when i m interviewing you, it s about the cases. it has now become a bit about the court, and that is a different role for a lot of reporters. the thing that people need to understand is that there are ethics, and there are the rules that they have to follow. the rules are very few. we don t have ethics, ethics rules for supreme court justice is the way that we do for others in federal once. right the supreme court justices are supposed to be policing themselves. there is no way to enforce this they say. there are each a law unto themselves. that s when you get justice alito looking around for a dictionary where he can find some where a definition of air travels facilities. right? there isn t the ability for them to enforce it against one another. that raises the burden on to be scrupulous and meticulous. the way that every other government official is about abiding by the law.
rules for supreme court justice is the way that we do for others in federal once. right the supreme court justices are supposed to be policing themselves. there is no way to enforce this they say. there are each a law unto themselves. that s when you get justice alito looking around for a dictionary where he can find some where a definition of air travels facilities. right? there isn t the ability for them to enforce it against one another. that raises the burden on to be scrupulous and meticulous. the way that every other government official is about abiding by the law. the other thing that i would say is that it s really essential bit when they say that they are taking them down, what they re doing is making them a argument about how they are above the law. that is terrifying. talia thank you as always. we ll be right back. l be right back.
wife of clarence thomas. i don t do lightning rounds. just telling you. before you ask any question, know that. i don t mind that at all. i m looking at the clock for the person who is minding the clock behind you but i m fine with that. do you believe the revelations about ginni thomas reveal the ethics rules for supreme court justice should be strengthened? should clarence thomas recuse himself from any case involing january 6th? i definitely think the court needs to take a critical look at the rules around ethics and that relates to a series of issues that have come up over the years. we sat and watched the ketanji brown jackson hearings in which she very calmly sat through what i think a lot of particularly black women, let s be honest, felt was brazen disrespect from senators like lindsey graham, tom cotton, senators like josh hawley. what did you think when you