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Republican megadonor Harlan Crow paid two years of private school tuition for a child raised by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, which Thomas did not disclose. Crow's financial ties to Thomas and his family have raised questions about Thomas' ethics and disclosure requirements. Democrats have called for stronger ethics rules for the Supreme Court, while Republicans have defended Thomas.
Dallas real estate billionaire Harlan Crow paid tuition for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ grandnephew for two years at two private boarding schools, according to a statement released Thursday by a longtime friend of Thomas’. The revelation of the tuition payments deepens the financial ties between Crow, a Republican megadonor, and Thomas, who earns $285,000 a year as a Supreme Court justice. Last month, ProPublica reported that Crow had paid for decades of luxury vacations and travel for Thomas and his wife and had bought the home of Thomas’ mother, making tens of thousands of dollars of improvements to it.
Justice Clarence Thomas did not disclose that a Republican donor from Texas, Harlan Crow, paid for two years of private-school tuition for his great-nephew, according to a statement by Thomas's friend and former official for the Trump administration, Mark Paoletta. Paoletta argued that Thomas was not required to report the tuition, but ethics law experts rejected that argument and said Crow's gift was to Thomas himself, not the great-nephew, so it was clearly reportable. The recent disclosures around Justice Thomas have prompted lawmakers to propose enacting a new law that would impose a tighter ethics code on the Supreme Court.
Republican billionaire donor Harlan Crow paid the private school tuition of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' great-nephew for several years, without Thomas disclosing it in official filings. Ethics law experts believe Thomas was required by law to disclose the tuition payments as they appear to be a gift to him. This comes after ProPublica revealed that Crow paid for luxurious vacation trips for Thomas and his wife, and bought properties owned by Thomas' family. Calls for ethics reform at the Supreme Court are growing, with Democratic members of Congress demanding a full account of the gifts provided by Crow to Thomas' family.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did not pay for his grandnephew's tuition at a private boarding school in Georgia, according to a bank statement from July 2009. The statement shows that billionaire real estate magnate Harlan Crow paid the tuition for Mark Martin, who lived with Thomas and his wife for over a decade. Crow also paid for Martin's tuition at another boarding school in Virginia. Thomas did not report the tuition payments from Crow on his annual financial disclosures, which experts say may be a violation of federal law. Crow has also given Thomas luxury travel and undisclosed real estate deals.