Far-left 'Squad' member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is calling for the DOJ to investigate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas over his relationship with a GOP megadonor.
, defending the travel he took with his friends over many years, and explaining that he has always followed Supreme Court guidance.
"Harlan and Kathy Crow are among our dearest friends, and we have been friends for over twenty-five years," Thomas said."As friends do, we have joined them on a number of family trips during the more than quarter-century we have known them." "Early in my tenure at the Court, I sought guidance from my colleagues and others in the judiciary, and was advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the Court, was not reportable," he added.Fox News Digital has reached out to a representative of Thomas and the DOJ for comment.Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @brandon_cg.
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