The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reportedly received nearly $100,000 in secret payments orchestrated by the leader of the conservative Federalist Society — with an assist from former Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway. Ginni Thomas, a prominent far right-wing activist, scored the back-channel payments from Leonard Leo, a powerful court-shaping conservative guru, even as Leo’s non-profit filed briefs to the court on which her husband sits.

Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, accepted thousands of dollars in secret payments from a right-wing judicial activist — who specifically emphasized that her name be kept off the documents reporting the payments — according to a new report. The Washington Post reports that Ginni, 65, was on the receiving end of payments from activist Leonard Leo, who in 2012 allegedly directed GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway to “give” Ginni “another 25k," emphasizing "No mention of Ginni” on the documents reviewed by the Post. According to...

Dallas real estate billionaire Harlan Crow paid tuition for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ grandnephew for two years at two private boarding schools, according to a statement released Thursday by a longtime friend of Thomas’. The statement came in response to a ProPublica story that disclosed Crow had paid the fees at two schools for Mark Martin, a relative who Thomas had legal guardianship of and said he was raising “as a son.” Thomas did not include the payments in the financial disclosures he is required to file each year....

A Texas billionaire and GOP megadonor paid boarding school tuition for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ grandnephew, and the justice did not report the financial assistance for the child he helped raised on his annual disclosures, according to a new ProPublica report – the latest revelation raising ethical questions around the high court. The ProPublica report on Thursday revealed that the billionaire Harlan Crow paid tuition for Mark Martin, who lived with Thomas’ family as a child and for whom the justice became a legal guardian. ProPublica cited a 2009...

No price tag is too high with a friend like this. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may have had over $150,000 worth of private school expenses for his nephew, Mark Martin, covered by the company of billionaire real estate magnate and dear friend Harlan Crow. ProPublica reported Thomas had taken legal custody of Martin at six years old and moved the boy in with him and his wife in Washington, D.C., to raise him as a son. As a teen, Thomas enrolled the child in Hidden Lake Academy, a private...

Not only did Harlan Crow shower Clarence Thomas with lavish gifts and luxury vacations, and purchase three properties owned by the right-wing justice and his family — the conservative billionaire also apparently footed the bill for Thomas’s grand-nephew’s private school tuition. ProPublica reported Thursday that Thomas in 2008 sent his grand-nephew — whom he had legal custody over and was “raising like a son” — to Hidden Lake Academy, a Georgia boarding school where tuition ran over $6,000 a month. Crow, a Republican donor, “picked up the tab,” Christopher Grimwood,...

Wealthy Dallas-based Republican donor Harlan Crow bankrolled the private school tuition of Justice Clarence Thomas's grandnephew, who was being raised by the justice "as a son," according to a new report. Thomas's grandnephew, Mark Martin, went to Hidden Lake Academy in Georgia and also attended Randolph-Macon Academy in Virginia. The cost to attend Hidden Lake was reportedly $6,000 a month, according to the investigative outlet ProPublica.

This story was originally published by ProPublica. In 2008, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas decided to send his teenage grandnephew to Hidden Lake Academy, a private boarding school in the foothills of northern Georgia. The boy, Mark Martin, was far from home. For the previous decade, he had lived with the justice and his wife in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Thomas had taken legal custody of Martin when he was 6 years old and had recently told an interviewer he was “raising him as a son.” Tuition at the...

The Republican billionaire donor Harlan Crow for several years paid the pricey private school tuition of a great nephew of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a new report reveals. Thomas had custody of the boy at the time. He never disclosed in official filings that Crow was paying the tuition, even though he disclosed another, much less generous payment of $5,000 for a fraction of Martin's tuition by another friend, the report by ProPublica noted. (The great nephew, Mark Martin, is now in his 30s.) "Ethics law experts told ProPublica...

Justice Clarence Thomas poses for an official portrait in October 2022. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images Republican megadonor Harlan Crow made private school tuition payments for the grandnephew of Justice Clarence Thomas, according to a ProPublica investigation published Thursday. Why it matters: A series of stories about Thomas' close relationship with Crow have heightened scrutiny of the Supreme Court justice and has prompted several lawmakers demand the court create or adopt sweeping ethics reforms.