The Controversial Financial Support of Justice Clarence Thomas

Kellyanne Conway defended payments made to Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, by her firm, the Polling Company, at the behest of conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo. The payments, totaling $80,000, were reportedly made between June 2011 and June 2012. Conway emphasized Thomas's involvement in the conservative movement and stated that her firm had no business before the court. The Judicial Education Project, advised by Leo, filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court later in 2012. Conway also connected critical reporting on Supreme Court justices to an incident last year in which a man was charged with attempted murder outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home.