Justice Thomas and his wife reportedly went on a luxury vacation worth more than $500k, courtesy of GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (via MaddowBlog)
, the Times found that he’d showered Thomas with lucrative gifts, including a massive check to the justice’s wife to start a lobbying organization.to a stunning degree, uncovering the details of Thomas’ travel “by drawing from flight records, internal documents distributed to Crow’s employees and interviews with dozens of people ranging from his superyacht’s staff to members of the secretive Bohemian Club to an Indonesian scuba diving instructor.
In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson tried to elevate Associate Justice Abe Fortas to chief justice. As part of the process, however, some unfortunate revelations came to light., flagging a report from Ian Millhiser that’s no longer online. Millhiser noted at the time that Fortas, while on the Supreme Court, had a habit of associating with wealthy individuals, and like Thomas reportedly did, Fortas “took inappropriate gifts from his wealthy benefactors.
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