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🚨 HISTORY OF ETHICAL LAPSES INVOLVING HARLAN CROW, LEONARD LEO🚨
For years, Harlan Crow & Leonard Leo have gained private access to SCOTUS justices for themselves and friends.
Private planes, luxury resorts, lavish gifts… it’s damning. And why we’re investigating.
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For years, Harlan Crow & Leonard Leo have gained private access to SCOTUS justices for themselves and friends.
Private planes, luxury resorts, lavish gifts… it’s damning. And why we’re investigating.
THREAD ⬇️
2008 – Leonard Leo organized private jet travel for Justice Alito to Alaska for a luxury fishing trip.
Justice Alito did not include any of this on his financial disclosures. propublica.org/article/samuel…
Justice Alito did not include any of this on his financial disclosures. propublica.org/article/samuel…
2008 – Harlan Crow paid for a year of tuition for Justice Thomas’s grandnephew to attend Hidden Lake Academy, a private boarding school in Georgia.
Justice Thomas did not disclose any of this. propublica.org/article/claren…
Justice Thomas did not disclose any of this. propublica.org/article/claren…
2009 – Harlan Crow anonymously donated $500,000 to Liberty Central, a nonprofit started by Ginni Thomas that advocated on issues before the Court. politico.com/story/2011/02/…
2011 – New York Times cites travel records indicating Justice Thomas “may have used [Crow’s private planes and yachts] in recent years” – despite not disclosing any benefits from Crow since 2004. nytimes.com/2011/06/19/us/…
2012 – Leonard Leo directed tens of thousands of dollars to Ginni Thomas for consulting work, specifying that her name be left off billing paperwork. washingtonpost.com/investigations…
2014 – Justice Thomas sold three properties he co-owned to Harlan Crow, including his mother’s house, where Thomas’s mother reportedly still lives rent-free.
Justice Thomas did not include any of this on his financial disclosures. propublica.org/article/claren…
Justice Thomas did not include any of this on his financial disclosures. propublica.org/article/claren…
2015 – Justice Thomas received an expensive gift from Harlan Crow — a $6,484.12 bust of Frederick Douglass. Justice Thomas did disclose this. washingtonpost.com/investigations…
2018 – Harlan Crow donated $105,000 to Yale Law School to commission a portrait of Justice Thomas. freebeacon.com/campus/yale-la…
2019 – Several groups joined David Sokol and Harlan Crow to finance a documentary about the life of Justice Thomas while simultaneously funding litigants and amici around the time the film was produced and released. cnn.com/2019/05/17/pol…
2019 – Harlan Crow paid for Justice Thomas to attend a trip to Malaysia, including travel on a private jet and a superyacht, which ProPublica later values at more than $500,000.
Justice Thomas did not disclose these trips. propublica.org/article/claren…
Justice Thomas did not disclose these trips. propublica.org/article/claren…
2021 – Justice Thomas contracted with CRC Advisors, led by Leonard Leo, to promote a new audiobook version of Justice Thomas’s memoir. thedailybeast.com/supreme-court-…
2023 – After high-profile investigative reports detail years of undisclosed gifts, Justice Thomas disclosed his private jet travel and lodging provided by Harlan Crow in his 2022 financial disclosure. politico.com/news/2023/08/3…
2023 – ProPublica reported that Thomas “typically spends about a week every summer at Crow’s private resort.” propublica.org/article/claren…
TOMORROW – We will vote to authorize subpoenas for additional information from Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo.
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