A new report on Thursday alleged even deeper financial ties between Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow.
According to ProPublica, Crow paid for private school tuition for Thomas’ grandnephew Mark Martin, whom Thomas said he was raising as a son.
The publication said Crow paid $6,200 monthly tuition for Martin’s attendance at Hidden Lake Academy in 2009, citing a bank statement and an interview with a former administrator at the school. That former administrator told ProPublica Crow told him he also paid for Martin’s tuition at Randolph-Macon Academy, which he attended before Hidden Lake Academy.
The total amount paid by Crow is unclear but could have exceeded $150,000, the outlet reported. Thomas didn’t report the payments on his financial disclosure filings, though he did disclose another $5,000 gift for Martin’s education from another individual in 2002.
Crow’s office said in a statement provided to ABC News Crow “has long been passionate about the importance of quality education and giving back to those less fortunate, especially at-risk youth” and that he and his wife have supported many young Americans through schooling.
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