"Clarence Thomas was in so much debt two decades ago that he tried to get Supreme Court justice salaries raised across the board. Within months, Republican billionaires began giving him extravagant gifts."
~ Tori Otten
Those Republican billionaires were afraid Thomas and other right-wing justices, most of them placed on the court by Opus Dei kingmaker Leonard Leo, would resign. They needed those justices.
#ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourt #corruption #ethics #Republicans
https://newrepublic.com/post/177629/real-reason-clarence-thomas-started-accepting-gifts-billionaires
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