Wealthy Republican donor Harlan Crow says that both he and his friend, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, are victims of a “political hit job.”
Crow, 73, was thrown into the national spotlight earlier this month when a left-wing media outlet reported that for years the conservative justice had been accepting luxurious vacations from the Texas billionaire without disclosing them in ethics reports. Thomas, 74, said April 7 he was advised he didn’t have to report the trips but said he will follow new reporting requirements imposed on the federal judiciary.
In recent days it was also reported that Thomas has been declaring income from a real estate partnership for years even though the business was shuttered years ago. Last week it was reported that Thomas sold his mother’s home to Crow but failed to disclose the transaction, as the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is said to require. Crow has said his company, Crow Holdings, currently has about $30 billion in assets under management….