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Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pushing Harlan Crow to provide a full accounting of the gifts he has given to Justice Clarence Thomas and any other Supreme Court justices.
Crow's letter underscored the challenge Democrats face as they look for a response to the scandal unfolding across the street at the Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON — Harlan Crow, the Dallas real estate mogul in the middle of a Supreme Court ethics controversy, has declined a Senate request for a full accounting of gifts, payments and vacations he’s provided to Justice Clarence Thomas and his family. In a letter to the Senate Finance Committee obtained
Harlan Crow’s attorney wrote Senator Wyden that ‘we have serious concerns about the scope of and the authority for this inquiry.’
Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) received an “obstructive letter” from Crow’s lawyer on Monday night that declined to answer a series of questions surrounding the billionaire’s financial relationship with Thomas.