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“Harlan and Kathy Crow are among our dearest friends, and we have been friends for over twenty-five years.”
“As friends do, we have joined them on a number of family trips during the more than quarter century we have known them.”The ProPublica article documented some of these trips, including a nine-day journey in Indonesia on a private plane and superyacht that would have cost Thomas more than $500,000 if he had funded it himself. As a Supreme Court justice Thomas earns $285,000 a year.
“Crow and his firm have not had a case before the Supreme Court since Thomas joined it, though the court periodically hears major cases that directly impact the real estate industry,” ProPublica said. “The details of his discussions with Thomas over the years remain unknown, and it is unclear if Crow has had any influence on the justice’s views.”The statement also sidesteps the question of whether Crow puts Thomas in contact with people who might have pending matters before the court.
The Los Angeles Times noted that Crow in 2001 had donated $175,000 for the wing named in Thomas’s honor at his childhood library in Georgia. “Crow was a national board member of the Center for the Community Interest, an advocacy group that filed amicus briefs with the Supreme Court espousing conservative views on cases involving such issues as crime and pornography,” the 2004 article said.
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