Clarence Thomas’s Billionaire Friend Did Have Business Before the Supreme Court

  • Justice didn’t recuse from rejection of architecture firm case
  • Harlan Crow said he had no knowledge of or involvement in case

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Justice Clarence Thomas said he was advised he didn’t have to disclose private jet flights and luxury vacations paid for by billionaire Harlan Crow because, although a close friend, Crow “did not have business before the court.”

But in at least one case, Crow did.