{"id":132259,"date":"2023-04-13T23:01:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T23:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=132259"},"modified":"2023-04-13T23:01:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T23:01:19","slug":"thomas-didnt-disclose-property-sale-to-republican-megadonor-harlan-crow-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/thomas-didnt-disclose-property-sale-to-republican-megadonor-harlan-crow-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas didn\u2019t disclose property sale to Republican megadonor, Harlan Crow report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/ZzPxzAXyBGBzN19q37wSocFUr3Q=\/0x280:4000x2530\/1920x1080\/2023\/04\/13\/1681415151584.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Justice Clarence Thomas in the Supreme Court in October 2022. Photo: Olivier Douliery\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Justice Clarence Thomas allegedly sold properties in Savannah, Georgia, to Texas billionaire and Republican megadonor Harlan Crow in 2014 and did not report the transactions in financial disclosures, according to a ProPublica investigation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters: <\/strong>Thomas has faced calls for resignation and impeachment after a separate ProPublica report alleged he had accepted multiple luxury trips from Crow over two decades.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Several lawmakers also demanded the Supreme Court create or adopt sweeping ethics reforms for justices.<\/li>\n<li>The real estate purchases are the first alleged direct flow of money from Crow, who has donated millions of dollars to conservative groups, to Thomas, a champion of conservative causes in the nation&#x27;s highest court.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What&#x27;s happening: <\/strong>A company owned by Crow purchased multiple properties in Savannah owned by Thomas and his family members, according to state tax documents and a deed filed at the Chatham County courthouse in October 2014.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>That year, Thomas did not reveal the transactions in financial disclosure forms and potentially violated a post-Watergate federal law that requires justices and other officials to disclose most real estate sales over $1,000.<\/li>\n<li>One of the properties Crow purchased was the home of Thomas\u2019 mother, where the justice spent some of his childhood. Thomas&#x27; mother still lives in the home, neighbors told ProPublica, but thousands of dollars worth of improvements were made to the residence after Crow bought it.<\/li>\n<li>Crow bought the properties through a Texas company, Savannah Historic Developments LLC, which shares a Dallas address with Crow Holdings, the multi-billion dollar real estate investment and development firm founded by Crow&#x27;s father.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What they&#x27;re saying: <\/strong>Crow told ProPublica he purchased the home, along with two vacant lots owned by Thomas and his family,and other properties in the surrounding neighborhood for posterity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&quot;I approached the Thomas family about my desire to maintain this historic site so future generations could learn about the inspiring life of one of our greatest Americans,&quot; Crow said, adding that the improvements made to the Thomas home were needed to preserve its long-term viability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Thomas did not respond to the ProPublica story, and the Supreme Court didn&#x27;t immediately return Axios&#x27; request for comment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The big picture:<\/strong> Previous ProPublica reporting found, based on flight records, internal documents and interviews with staff, that Thomas accepted trips around the world on Crow&#x27;s private jet and superyacht for more than 20 years and did not report them on his financial disclosures.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In response to reporting on luxury trips, both men downplayed the gifts. <\/li>\n<li> Thomas said in a statement he did not have to disclose the trips and that he had done nothing wrong based on previous guidance he received.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Go deeper: <\/strong>Senate Dems to hold Supreme Court ethics hearing after Thomas report<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/04\/13\/thomas-property-sales-crow-republican-megadonor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice Clarence Thomas in the Supreme Court in October 2022. Photo: Olivier Douliery\/AFP via Getty Images Justice Clarence Thomas allegedly sold properties in Savannah, Georgia, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":132258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thomas didn\u2019t disclose property sale to Republican megadonor, Harlan Crow report says - Fin2me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/thomas-didnt-disclose-property-sale-to-republican-megadonor-harlan-crow-report-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thomas didn\u2019t disclose property sale to Republican megadonor, Harlan Crow report says - Fin2me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Justice Clarence Thomas in the Supreme Court in October 2022. 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