new reporting about more money. this time, it s tuition money that crow paid to schools on behalf of justice thomas s relatives, or relative. in the late 1990s, justice thomas took custody of his grand nephew, a man named mark martin, at that time, a child. by the early 2000s, thomas decided to send morton to private high schools. and harlan crow stepped into which some of the bill. according to propublica, crow paid martins tuition at two different schools for the duration and the total sum of those payments remains unclear and in a statement to propublica, mark poleta, another longtime friends of clare saw mrs., said crow paid two years worth of tuition at the schools, which would amount to about $100,000 of undisclosed to asian gives. while nbc has not independently verified this reporting, crow responded to propublica with the statement about he supported tuition for many kids, and he did not deny the reporting. now, crow was not the only
amounts from propublica s reporting, the gifts amount at up to more than $1 million. and none of it showed up on the disclosure forms over the years. today, propublica is out with new reporting about more money. this time, it s tuition money that crow paid to schools on behalf of justice thomas s relatives, or relative. in the late 1990s, justice thomas took custody of his grand nephew, a man named mark martin, at that time, a child. by the early 2000s, thomas decided to send morton to private high schools. and harlan crow stepped into which some of the bill. according to propublica, crow paid martins tuition at two different schools for the duration and the total sum of those payments remains unclear and in a statement to propublica, mark paoletta, another longtime friends of , said crow paid two years worth of tuition at the schools, which would amount to about $100,000 of undisclosed to asian gives. while nbc has not independently verified this reporting, crow responded to propub
another long time friend of thomas says harlan crow paid two years worth of admission to those schools which would amount to about $100,000 of undisclosed tuition gifts. while nbc has not independently verified this reporting crow responded to propublica with a statement about how he supported tuition for many kids, and he did not deny the reporting. now, crow wasn t the only person who offered thomas tuition money. remember there was that 2002 financial disclosure form where clarence thomas reported a $5,000 gift for mark martin s education. that gift was from the owners of a florida based pest control company. as propublica reports thomas was very careful in accepting and disclosing that contribution. according to two journalists who wrote a biography of thomas, at first thomas was worried about the propriety of the donation. he agreed to accept it if it was
has not confirmed the propublica report. that tuition money now adding to a growing list of unreported perks propublica says crow paid for, including luxury vacations for thomas, a portion of his wife s salary, and thomas family home, allowing his mother to live rent-free. tonight no comment from thomas, who previously said he was advised he did not need to report those other gifts from crow, a long-time friend who see head had no business before the court. crow s office saying he has long been passionate about the quality of education, but democrats are demanding a formal ethics code for justices. the reputation of the supreme court is at stake here. reporter: while republicans argue democrats are bitter about decisions from the court s conservative majority. he has obviously been targeted because he is a conservative black man. reporter: without republican support, nothing will pass in congress. it s up to the justices to act or not. lester? all right, laura, thanks. now
environment that enables students to learn and empowers our teachers to excel as educators. as part of that commitment to learning, the district observes all federal and state the laws. pete: what does that say? rachel: you know, as we tie this up and wrap this up, i mean, people, you re listening to this kind of stuff, and i m sure you re shocked and trying to process what s happening, we re trying to explain what s actually going on, and then the question becomes what to do i do about it. and the answer is you can sit and you can fight and go to a school board meeting every thursday night and try and do that. maybe the fbi might call you a domestic terrorist, we don t know, we can t guarantee that. but what you can do because it takes a long type for things to change is just take your kids out of a system like that. and a lot of people watching us are grandparents, and you do go what can i do about the future? if your own cult children can t afford that, maybe it s better than leav