Billionaire #HarlanCrow Bought Property From #ClarenceThomas. The Justice Didn’t Disclose the Deal
The #transaction is the first known instance of #money flowing from Crow to the #SupremeCourt justice. The sale netted the #GOP #megadonor two vacant lots & the house where Thomas’ #mother was living (& still is).
by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski
@ProPublica@newsie.social
#SCOTUS #SCOTUSstench
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-real-estate-scotus
The Crow co bought the properties for $133,363 from… #ClarenceThomas, his mother & the family of Thomas’ late brother, acc/to a state tax document & a deed dated Oct. 15, 2014, filed at the Chatham County courthouse.
…Soon after the sale was completed, contractors began work on tens of thousands of dollars of improvements….
A fed #disclosure law passed after Watergate requires justices & other ofcls to disclose the details of most real estate sales over $1k. Thomas never disclosed….
@Nonilex @ProPublica so, like, #clarencethomas sold his own mother? Bloody typical
#justicethomas