The Controversial Connections of Clarence Thomas.

Conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo arranged for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's wife, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, to be paid tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work by a nonprofit group he advises, specifying that her name be left off billing paperwork. Leo, a key figure in a network of nonprofits that has worked to support the nominations of conservative judges, told GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway to bill the Judicial Education Project and use that money to pay Ginni Thomas. The arrangement reveals that Leo has functioned not only as an ideological ally of Clarence Thomas's but also has worked to provide financial remuneration to his family.