Billionaire Harlan Crow, Benefactor to Justice Thomas, Rebuffs Senate on Ethics Probe

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Source: Bloomberg

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Billionaire Harlan Crow, Benefactor to Justice Thomas, Rebuffs Senate on Ethics Probe

* Harlan Crow’s lawyers argue Senate lacks authority for probe
* Senate Judiciary Chair Durbin lambastes Crow for ‘secrecy’

By Emily Birnbaum
May 23, 2023 at 12:21 PM EDT

Harlan Crow, the Texas billionaire and GOP megadonor with close ties to Clarence Thomas, refused to answer questions from a Senate committee about his years of gifts to the Supreme Court justice.

Crow’s lawyers in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee argued that Congress does not have “the authority to investigate Mr. Crow’s personal friendship” with Thomas, according to a copy of the letter reviewed by Bloomberg News.

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Hat tip, Dave Weigel and Joe.My.God.

David Weigel Retweeted
https://twitter.com/daveweigel

SCOOP: Here's the letter that Justice Clarence Thomas's benefactor Harlan Crow sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee last night. His lawyers, from top firm Gibson Dunn, are arguing Congress doesn't have the authority to investigate the Supreme Court.

https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-23/justice-thomas-s-benefactor-crow-rebuffs-senate-on-ethics-probe

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Clarence Thomas’ Sugar Daddy Refuses Questions By Senate: You Don’t Have Authority To Investigate Me
May 23, 2023

https://www.joemygod.com/2023/05/clarence-thomas-sugar-daddy-refuses-questions-by-senate-you-dont-have-authority-to-investigate-me/

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Shocker...

[peppertree]

3. Above da Law

Hell - Harlan is da law.

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. Who does Crow think has authority?

I’ll bet he thinks no one does.

[riversedge]

4. Jim Jordan taught him well.

[vishnura]

5. The "law" is on his side.

Remember he has the "Supreme Court" in his pocket.

[nuxvomica]

6. Congress is not forbidden to legislate the makeup of the court

If changing the number of justices is the only way to address the ethical failures of sitting justices, then Congress certainly has the authority to do so, regardless of whether that's even feasible at the moment.

[Blue Owl]

7. Time to crack down on this Nazi-loving fuck

Just because he has a large collection of green paper doesn't make him immune to the law....

[Freethinker65]

8. IOW, I bought a SCOTUS judge. So can you, if you have enough $$$$ and the judge has no integrity.

Other SCOTUS members can name their price, especially those that DGAF about the US nor its Constitution.

[RAB910]

9. So Republicans are openly stating they are corrupt criminals and declaring there isn't a damn thing

we the good Americans can do about it

[I_UndergroundPanther]

10. Do we need any more proof

Narcissists need to be banned from government service and kept from amassing large wealth? Tax that fucker to death.

[ck4829]

11. Supreme Court Ethics Crisis continues...

[tonekat]

12. Just more proof that the wealthy run America

Laws? Oh no, I just follow my instinct and I'm wealthy enough that no one's going to stop me.