'So Thoroughly Corrupt': Clarence Thomas Has Taken Dozens of Trips Funded by Ultrarich Friends

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'Just staggering levels of grift, corruption, and lawbreaking by a nominal public servant who wields tremendous power over all our lives.'

, a Republican megadonor who has bankrolled luxury trips for the conservative justice for twenty years.

But the story published Thursday makes clear that a broader"cadre of industry titans and ultrawealthy executives have treated him to far-flung vacations aboard their yachts, ushered him into the premium suites at sporting events, and sent their private jets to fetch him—including, on more than one occasion, an entire 737."

"It's a stream of luxury that is both more extensive and from a wider circle than has been previously understood,"reported. That circle includes oil baron Paul Novelly, ultramillionaire executive David Sokol, and billionaire Waste Management founder H. Wayne Huizenga. "Thomas occasionally flew on Huizenga's helicopters, sometimes taking off from the roof of the corporate headquarters, and at least one of his Gulfstream jets around Florida, according to his former pilots,"found."But the billionaire's most luxurious planes were a pair of 737 jets he had retrofitted like a lounge, complete with recliners, love seats, mahogany dining and card tables, and gourmet food."reported. The two met shortly after Thomas was confirmed in 1991.

 

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