Surprising literally no one, Clarence and Ginni Thomas have been slurping at Harlan Crow's trough of largesse for 25 years, including yacht vacations in Indonesia worth $500,000. Quite the gig if you can get it. So yes, Clarence has an ethics problem and should resign immediately, in spite of his lame excuses.
In a statement (probably drafted by Ginni), Thomas said Harlan and Kathy Crow are among their "dearest friends," having enjoyed their friendship for over 25 years, which means said friendship has been entirely cultivated while Clarence Thomas has been on the Supreme Court. Weird how a Texas billionaire would befriend a Supreme Court justice like that for no reason other than the joy of hanging out with the Thomases, isn't it?
But wait, there's more from him. "As friends do," he wrote, "We have joined them on a number of family trips during the more than quarter century we have known them." Interesting family there. According to the ProPublica article:
A public servant who has a salary of $285,000, he has vacationed on Crow’s superyacht around the globe. He flies on Crow’s Bombardier Global 5000 jet. He has gone with Crow to the Bohemian Grove, the exclusive California all-male retreat, and to Crow’s sprawling ranch in East Texas. And Thomas typically spends about a week every summer at Crow’s private resort in the Adirondacks.
