Demands for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to step down or be impeached continue to mount as more investigations reveal questionable details of his relationship with Republican billionaire donor Harlan Crow and hidden payments to his wife.
A May 4 investigation by ProPublica found that Crow paid the private school tuition for Thomas’ relative that he raised as a son. That same day, an investigation by The Washington Post found that Virginia “Ginni” Thomas received tens of thousands of dollars on behalf of a conservative nonprofit. Months later, the organization showed interest in a case that was heard by the Supreme Court.
The new findings follow reports that Crow purchased Thomas’ childhood home and paid for $36,000 in renovations while his mother still lived in the home. Neighbors told ProPublica that she still lives there, but the Supreme Court justice did not report the transactions.
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Thomas also failed for years to report the many vacations he and his wife would take with Crow and his family where they traveled by private jet and luxuriated in the billionaire’s yacht. A company affiliated with Crow later had a case before the Supreme Court.
As the reports pile up, members of Congress have called for action against Thomas, who can be impeached by lawmakers, if he chooses not to step down under the mounting pressure.
At least nine Democrats in the House and two in the Senate have condemned the conservative justice.
“Justice Thomas has shown an established pattern of disregarding ethics rules and hiding conflicts of interest, which raises serious questions about his ability to impartially hear cases that have enormous influence on Americans’ lives,” said U.S. Rep. Don Bayer for Virginia, who has co-sponsored legislation to create term…
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