fathom, especially for a supreme court justice. crew members of this 126-foot luxury yacht told propublica that they recall having justice thomas on board multiple times in recent years. a chauffeur in the bahamas recalled that his company once picked up justice thomas from a private jet and then drove him to the marina where this yacht docks. the and the private jet by the way are both owned by a billionaire oil baron called paul novelly, and because mr. novelly sometimes rented this luxury of, we know that the marketplace for a week and this thing is $60,000. justice thomas and his wife also had the honor of flung
to me that just strikes me as an unhealthy, unbalanced relationship. and or one that, one wonders what clarence thomas is getting out of, it beyond the ego stroking. they don t have business before the court, but it just seems wildly asymmetrical. did it seem that way to you? absolutely. that s an extremely important point that you have just raised. crow, novelly, huizenga, and sokol are all friends that thomas made after he joined the court, and we have the top ethics official in the obama administration that had served another administrations saying that he actually told people, the wealthy friends that you have, the wealthy friends that you had before you join the government, you are not allowed to make new rich friends. that is something that he actually said to people to emphasize their ethical responsibilities. and here thomas is flouting that it is extraordinarily brazen way.