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(Dan Tri) – US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas faces the risk of ending his career after being accused of receiving gifts without declaring them for decades.
Council of Justices of the US Supreme Court in October 2022 (Photo: AP).
Reuters reported that Justice Clarence Thomas of the US Supreme Court is caught up in a scandal that could end his career.
Accordingly, a report published by ProPublica, a non-profit investigative journalism organization based in New York, accused Judge Thomas of repeatedly receiving gifts in the form of lavish vacations from
ProPublica revealed that for decades, Mr. Thomas enjoyed vacations in the United States and around the world with Crow’s money.
In the above report, ProPublica stated that the scale of gifts that Mr. Thomas received was `unprecedented in the history of the US Supreme Court`.
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The image is said to be of Justice Clarence Thomas (front row, far left) and his wife Ginni Thomas on a trip to Indonesia with tycoon Harlan Crow family in 2019 (Photo: ProPublica).
Justice Thomas as well as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court John Roberts have not yet commented on ProPublica’s report.
After ProPublica’s report was published, American politics reacted violently.
`The Supreme Court of this country cannot accept degraded moral standards,` Mr. Durbin, a member of the Democratic Party, emphasized.
Agreeing with Senator Durbin, New York State Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for the immediate removal of Judge Thomas.
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Justice Clarence Thomas (Photo: Wikipedia).
Mr. Clarence Thomas, 75 years old, became a US Supreme Court Justice in 1991 after the nomination of the late President George H. W. Bush.
Before becoming a Supreme Court Justice, Mr. Thomas held many important positions under Republican Presidents.
During a 32-year judicial career, Justice Thomas was known for his conservative rulings.