Billionaire Gifts To Thomas: Generosity Or Taxable Income?
If billionaires’ largesse was designed to keep the justice on the high court, experts say the money could be considered a taxable payment.
Clarence Thomas
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Clarence Thomas’ Billionaire Benefactor Tied To SCOTUS Bombshell
The Supreme Court just gutted wetland protections after lobbying by Harlan Crow’s business interests.
Clarence Thomas Reversed Position After Gifts And Family Payments
The Supreme Court justice switched sides on a landmark legal doctrine, satisfying his benefactors’ conservative advocacy machine.
Roberts Memo Threatened To Challenge Ethics Rules
The Chief Justice questioned Congress’ ethics rules a decade ago; now he’s punted the Clarence Thomas corruption review to a secret committee.
Thomas Helped Kill Eviction Ban Threatening Benefactor’s Business
Harlan Crow’s company said tenant protections threatened its profits. Thomas twice voted to end them while Crow lavished him with gifts.
LEVER TIME: The Clarence Thomas Secret Money Trail
On this week’s Lever Time, ProPublica reporter Justin Elliott provides an inside look at his explosive scoop on the justice’s undisclosed gifts from real estate magnate Harlan Crow.
Thomas Pushed To Kill Disclosure Laws While Getting Secret Billionaire Gifts
“This court should invalidate mandatory disclosure and reporting requirements,” wrote Clarence Thomas, who did not disclose years of gifts from a billionaire.
The Paid Pundits Defending Clarence Thomas And His Billionaire Benefactor
Right-wing pundits rushed to defend Harlan Crow’s gifts to Clarence Thomas and his Nazi memorabilia collection — without disclosing their ties to the mega-donor.
LEVER TIME: AOC Sounds The Alarm About Biden 2024
On this week’s Lever Time, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez discusses Biden’s latest moves, the new Clarence Thomas bombshell, the Squad’s political strategies, and more.