A new report from ProPublica has revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to properly report gifts from a billionaire benefactor, Harlan Crow, involving the sale of three properties in Savannah, Georgia. In response, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) has called on the body overseeing the federal judiciary to refer Justice Thomas to the Department of Justice for investigation. Ethics law experts have noted that Thomas’ failure to report the sale of the properties appears to be a violation of the law, and the consequences of this violation remain unclear.
