Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has faced criticism for weeks over a report that Republican billionaire donor Harlan Crow treated him to luxury trips.
"This unprecedented arrangement between a wealthy benefactor and a Supreme Court justice raises serious concerns related to federal tax and ethics laws," Wyden, who heads the Senate Finance Committee, wrote in a six-page letter to Crow.
that the CEO of Crow Holdings for more than two decades has treated the conservative justice to luxurious trips worth at least hundreds of thousands of dollars.in Savannah, Georgia, from Thomas and his family, including a home where the justice's mother has lived rent-free for more than a decade. Thomas had not disclosed any of the gifts from Crow, or the property purchases by him, until they were revealed by ProPublica.
"The American public deserves a full accounting of the full extent of your largesse towards Justice Thomas, including whether these gifts complied with all relevant federal tax and ethics laws," he wrote.
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