Harlan Crow, Clarence Thomas’ Benefactor, Tells Congress It Can’t Investigate the Supreme Court
Don't worry, the GOP megadonor's attorney say he gave the matter "careful consideration" before reaching this conclusion.
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Billionaire Harlan Crow—the not-so-mysterious benefactor of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas—thinks Congress should stop pursuing any kind of ethics investigation into Crow’s relationship with Thomas because Congress does not have “the authority to investigate Mr. Crow’s personal friendship with Justice Clarence Thomas,” according to a seven-page letter his attorneys sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday. And don’t worry, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP attorney Michael D. Bopp says he’s given the matter “careful consideration.”
“The Committee has not identified a valid legislative purpose for its investigation and is not authorized to conduct an ethics investigation of a Supreme Court Justice,” the letter reads.
Bopp (hilarious name, as an aside) wrote to the Senate in response to the Judiciary Committee asking detailed questions about possible gifts or payments made to Thomas and his family. Reports over the past two months about Crow’s lavish gifts to Thomas and his family have come under great scrutiny, as the right-wing justice did not disclose any of the reported gifts from the GOP megadonor who collects Hitler memorabilia.
The seven pages haven’t convinced Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, who heads the Judiciary Committee. “Harlan Crow believes the secrecy of his lavish gifts to Justice Thomas is more important than the reputation of the highest court of law in this land,” Durbin said in a statement to CNN. “He is wrong.”