Report: GOP billionaire paid tuition for child raised by Justice Clarence Thomas

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The revelation of tuition payments made by Dallas billionaire Harlan Crow is the latest example of Crow's generosity to Thomas and his family that has raised questions about Thomas' ethics and disclosure requirements more generally.

According to the ProPublica story, Crow paid tuition for Martin at a military boarding school in Virginia, Randolph-Macon Academy, as well as Hidden Lake Academy in Georgia.

A Supreme Court spokeswoman did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press about whether Thomas would have any response to the story. On Twitter, however, lawyer Mark Paoletta defended Thomas in an extended statement. Paoletta, a longtime friend of Thomas, called the story "another attempt to manufacture a scandal about Justice Thomas."An investigative report revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas takes luxury trips funded by a GOP megadonor.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said in a statement that with "every new revelation in this case, it becomes clearer that Harlan Crow has been subsidizing an extravagant lifestyle" that Thomas could not otherwise afford.

 

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