Harlan Crow refuses to cooperate with Democrats' inquiry on Clarence Thomas

[BeckyDem]

Martin Pengelly

Tue 23 May 2023 16.34 EDT

Lawyers for Harlan Crow, the rightwing billionaire whose friendship with and gifts to the conservative supreme court justice Clarence Thomas are the focus of swirling scandal, have rejected Senate Democrats’ request for answers about the relationship.

In a letter first reported by Bloomberg News on Tuesday, lawyers for Crow rejected a request from Dick Durbin, the Illinois Democrat who chairs the Senate judiciary committee, for a list of gifts to Thomas.

Durbin’s committee, the letter said, had not “identified a valid legislative purpose for its investigation and is not authorised to conduct an ethics investigation of a supreme court justice”.

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Crow said he never discussed politics or business before the court with Thomas or his wife, the far-right activist Ginni Thomas. ( lol )

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/23/clarence-thomas-gifts-harlan-crow-senate-democrats?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other


( Scum of the earth. )

[gab13by13]

1. This is one of the differences between Democrats and Republicans

There is a valid reason for DOJ to investigate Clarence Thomas, guaranteed Republicans would investigate Justice Kagan.

The fascists on the SC are indeed above the law.

Dick Durbin could subpoena Crow now that DiFi is back, but I guess that wouldn't be nice.

Sheldon Whitehouse explained what's going on with the Supreme Court and it goes a lot deeper than just this Thomas/Crow love affair.

Shoot, the IRS could have a field day if it chose to investigate.

[BeckyDem]

2. Totally.

We have all witnessed the difficulty, to say the least, in getting policy passed that most Americans want. This is just another extension of that corruption.

[LonePirate]

3. It's time for a big boy subpoena that results in jail time if he refuses to appear.

We need to start playing hardball with these people.

[TomSlick]

8. Agreed.

[markodochartaigh]

4. I don't know a lot about rich people.

But I do know that when a wealthy person buys a new bauble they don't like you to ask how much they spent for it or where they got the money. I think that often they only show off their little toy privately, certainly they don't parade it around publicly.

[republianmushroom]

5. another billionaire above the law ??

[maxsolomon]

6. Why would Crow appear?

It wasn't a subpoena. He knows it can only be bad for Thomas. He DGAF what Dems think of him; he's insulated by his money.

Subpoena him, and he'll just ignore that, too. The precedent has been established.

[tonekat]

7. So there should be a graph...

...one that shows "You must make this amount of money to ignore Congress". May as well just admit the wealthy are above the law.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

9. It Should Say Refuses to Cooperate with Senate,

...not Democrats.

It's infuriating. The population is by far with the Democrats on these issues. And the fact that the Senate tilts right by design - 2 for each state regardless of size.

If we do the math in the Senate, ungerrymander the House and apply same rules for SCOTUS picks, we wouldn't spend so much if our lives debunking the rights' lies. And we'd get back to some form of useful debate in the Congress and the SCOTUS.

HAD TO VENT OR EXPLODE.