The Senate Judiciary Committee has asked Texas billionaire Harlan Crow to detail gifts he or his companies have made to US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the panel said
"Recent investigative reporting has identified multiple instances in which you or entities you own or control have made payments, purchased real estate, or provided gifts, travel, or other items of value to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and members of his family," read the letter from committee Democrats including its chairman, Senator Dick Durbin.
Similar letters, dated Monday, were sent to the holding companies that own Crow's private jet and private yacht.The Democratic-led Senate panel last weekthe possibility of pursuing legislation to impose ethics standards on the Supreme Court amid revelations about luxury trips and real estate transactions by conservative justices, but the panel's Republican members voiced stern opposition.
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