A new report suggests that Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee rejecting calls to rein in the Supreme Court may be protecting their own interests as much as the Court's.
In all, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s nine Republicans have received $453,300 from Crow since 2002, Accountable.US found.
“There should be bipartisan outrage about the undisclosed gifts and travel billionaire megadonor Harlan Crow has given Justice Thomas,” said Accountable.US President Kyle Herrig in a. “Senate Judiciary Republicans should join their Democratic colleagues to act. However, their silence so far may be because they have received hundreds of thousands of dollars from Crow as well.”
On the other hand, Senate Judiciary Democrats have been seeking to get to the bottom of corruption on the Supreme Court — not only from Thomas, but also fromOn Monday, the Democrats on the committeeto Crow and his affiliated companies asking him to provide, within the next two weeks, a full list of the gifts and trips he’s given to Thomas over the course of their friendship, as investigative reports have already found multiple instances of large gifts from Crow to Thomas that the justice never...
“Recent investigative reporting has identified multiple instances in which you or entities you own or control have made payments, purchased real estate, or provided gifts, travel, or other items of value to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and members of his family,” the letter read. Lawmakers say the information will help them craft legislation for Supreme Court reform.Not everyone can pay for the news. But if you can, we need your support.
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