GOP Megadonor Harlan Crow Paid Tuition For Clarence Thomas’ Relative, Report Says

The report is the latest damaging claim about the Supreme Court justice’s relationship with Crow, which has raised ethics concerns among Democrats.

GOP donor and real estate magnate Harlan Crow paid thousands of dollars in tuition for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ grandnephew, who he served as the legal guardian for, ProPublica

—without the justice disclosing it—the latest in a series of controversies involving Thomas’ financial relationship with Crow that have sparked ethics concerns and calls for Thomas to resign.This story is breaking and will be updated.

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