Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) called on Texas Republican megadonor Harlan Crow to reveal information about gifts given to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Wyden penned a letter to Crow, asking the Dallas-based real estate developer whether the luxury travel he offered to Thomas over the years fully complied with federal tax laws.
“The secrecy surrounding your dealings with Justice Thomas is simply unacceptable,” Wyden wrote in the letter. “The American public deserves a full accounting of the full of extent of your largesse towards Justice Thomas, including whether these gifts complied with all relevant federal tax and ethics laws.”
“We look forward to responding to Chairman Wyden’s letter in due course,” Crow’s office wrote in a statement. Thomas has not offered a response to a subsequent report about the sale of his mother's home, though sources previously indicated that he omitted the sale because he did not gain a profit and that he would amend his disclosure form appropriately.
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