Two Democratic Senators asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to launch a special counsel investigation into Clarence Thomas’ ethics and taxes.
Two Democratic senators have called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to open a special counsel investigation into Clarence Thomas.
in a letter released Tuesday, Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Ron Wyden of Oregon requested a probe into potential federal ethics violations and the “serious possibility” of tax fraud by the Supreme Court Justice.
Thomas has faced increasing scrutiny over his personal and financial ties to billionaires like right-wing megadonor Harlan Crow, who has treated the justice to lavish international trips, gifts, and tuition for Thomas’s grand-nephew, Mark Martin, to attend expensive boarding schools.
In August of last year, Thomas updated his 2022 financial disclosures to include previously undeclared gifts and vacations from Crow.
