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June 21, 2011

Justice Clarence Thomas Under Fire for Ties to Real Estate Magnate 
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is coming under increased
scrutiny after the New York Times revealed new details about his close
ties to Dallas real estate magnate Harlan Crow, a prominent Republican
millionaire. A company controlled by Crow is bankrolling Thomas's pet
project—a nonprofit museum in Thomas's hometown of Pin Point, Georgia.
In addition, Crow provided $500,000 to allow Thomas’s wife to start a
Tea Party group, and he once gave Thomas a $19,000 Bible that belonged
to Frederick Douglass.



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