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thomas according to documents reviewed by the post, conservative judicial activists leonard leo arranged for thomas s wife, ginni to be paid tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work more than a decade ago. leo specified that her name be left off the paperwork. in a statement to the post, leo defended the thomas s and said that he s always tried to protect their privacy, which is why he kept her name off the paperwork. nbc news has not independently confirmed this reporting. and this comes amid a new report from propublica. alleging wealthy republican donor, harlan crow paid the tuition for thomas s grand nephew who he was raising as a son at two private boarding schools. nbc news has not independently verified this report, we have reached out to the supreme court and justice thomas for comment. in a statement, harlan crow and his wife did not deny the story. saying they have long been passionate about giving back to youth. joining me now, to discuss, is
thousands of dollars for consulting work more than a decade ago. leo specified that her name be left off the paperwork. in a statement to the post, legal defended the thomas s and said that he s always tried to protect the privacy. which is why he kept her name off the paperwork. nbc news has not independently confirmed this reporting. and this comes amid a new report from propublica. alleging what the republican donor, harlan crow paid the tuition for thomas s grand nephew who he was racing as a son at two private boarding schools. nbc news has not independently verified this report, we have reached out to the supreme court and justice thomas for comment. in a statement, harlan crow and his wife did not deny the story. saying that they longley passionate about giving back to youth. joining me now, to discuss, is ian millhiser senior correspondent at fox, where he focuses on the supreme court. he also wrote the book the agenda, how republican supreme court is reshaping america.
then had dealings before the court and she didn t recuse. i just wonder how far this goes. that s a great question, dana. you re right. there were cases that came up for a vote before justice sotomayor and because she had a book that was published by penguin random house and did not recuse from those votes. justice breyer retired from the court also received money from the publisher. the justices decide whether they recuse or don t from cases. with the reporting that has had to deal with justice thomas and justice gorsuch these people didn t have cases that came before the court. that s an important distinction. whether there is more to this story that s out in the washington post , we don t know yet. we re waiting to see if we can get a statement from the thomas s or the court or somebody close to them so we ll have more clarity on that. the fact is there are financial things that are amended all the times.