#Investigation finds Clarence Thomas accepted more undisclosed gifts from wealthy friends through elite association

#Investigation finds Clarence Thomas accepted more undisclosed gifts from wealthy friends through elite association

A New York Times investigation revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was brought access to the wealthy through relationships he built with members of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. The Times reported that just months after Thomas joined the bench in 1991, he was welcomed into the Horatio Alger Association, a nonprofit…

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#Clarence Thomas biographer calls report on megadonor’s tuition payments ‘despicable’

#Clarence Thomas biographer calls report on megadonor’s tuition payments ‘despicable’

A biographer and friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas slammed reporting of a GOP megadonor’s tuition payments for the justice’s great-nephew as “despicable,” arguing that it did not violate the court’s gift disclosure rules.  Mark Paoletta, a former counsel to former Vice President Pence who co-edited a book about Thomas based on a documentary,…

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#Investigation finds Clarence Thomas accepted more undisclosed gifts from wealthy friends through elite association

#GOP megadonor covered tuition for child Clarence Thomas was raising ‘as a son’: report

Billionaire and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow paid for the private school tuition of Justice Clarence Thomas’s great-nephew, whom the justice said he raised “as a son,” according to reporting by ProPublica. Thomas’s relative, Mark Martin, attended boarding schools Hidden Lake Academy in Georgia as well as Randolph-Macon Academy in Virginia. Tuition at Hidden Lake was…

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#Ted Cruz decries ‘political smear job’ against Clarence Thomas for ethics questions

#Ted Cruz decries ‘political smear job’ against Clarence Thomas for ethics questions

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday argued that the scrutiny on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas over his financial disclosures is a “political smear job” as lawmakers push to shore up the court’s ethics standards. “They’re not looking at any other judges. This is a political smear job directed at Clarence Thomas, because he is an extraordinary constitutionalist,”…

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