{"id":1928000,"date":"2023-05-10T08:26:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T12:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-thomas-friend-hits-back-at-democratic-probe-into-financial-records\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T08:29:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T12:29:24","slug":"longtime-thomas-friend-hits-back-at-democratic-probe-into-financial-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-thomas-friend-hits-back-at-democratic-probe-into-financial-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas&#8217; friend defends against Democratic investigation of finances."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flongtime-thomas-friend-hits-back-at-democratic-probe-into-financial-records%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1928000&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Longtime Friend of Justice Clarence Thomas Rejects Senate Democrats\u2019 Request for Financial Documents<\/h2>\n<p>Harlan Crow, a close friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has refused a request from Senate Democrats for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-vows-to-remove-adam-schiff-from-intel-committee\/\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy Vows to Remove Adam Schiff From Intel Committee\">financial documents related<\/a> to his relationship with the justice. Crow\u2019s attorney, Michael Bopp, sent a response letter to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, stating that the request lacked a proper legal basis and was an attempt to tarnish the reputation of both Crow and Thomas.<\/p>\n<h3>A Campaign Against Justice Thomas and Mr. Crow?<\/h3>\n<p>Bopp\u2019s letter also accused the committee of showing no interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-thomas-friend-hits-back-at-democratic-probe-into-financial-records\/\" title=\"Thomas' friend defends against Democratic investigation of finances.\">evaluating federal gift tax laws<\/a> until the media reports regarding Crow\u2019s friendship with Thomas. He added that the inquiry appeared to be part of a broader campaign against Justice Thomas and Mr. Crow, rather than an investigation that furthers a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-can-have-access-to-only-some-of-trumps-financial-records-judge-rules\/\" title=\"Democrats Can Have Access To Only Some Of Trump\u2019s Financial Records, Judge Rules\">valid legislative purpose<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Crow and Thomas have been friends for over 20 years, vacationing together in places such as Indonesia and Greece. Crow also bought Thomas\u2019 childhood home with the intention of turning it into a memorial or museum for the second black Supreme Court justice in U.S. history. Thomas took a loss on the sale, and the gifts were not reported on his financial disclosures to the Supreme Court because they were not required under the court\u2019s ethics rules.<\/p>\n<h3>Wyden Accuses Crow of Stonewalling<\/h3>\n<p>Wyden accused Crow of stonewalling in response to Bopp\u2019s letter. He stated that nobody can expect to get away with waving off Finance Committee oversight, no matter how wealthy or well-connected they may be. Wyden also rejected Bopp\u2019s assertion that the Finance Committee lacks a legislative basis for an investigation of the abuse of gift taxes by the wealthy.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen Senate Republicans wrote a letter to Wyden on Monday, condemning the Democrat\u2019s investigation into Thomas, Crow, and their relationship. The senators accused the Democrat of trying to intimidate the Supreme Court and criticized attempts to withhold $10 million in security funding for the Court.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Harlan Crow, a longtime friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has rejected a request from Senate Democrats for financial documents regarding Crow\u2019s relationship with the justice.<\/li>\n<li>Crow\u2019s attorney, Michael Bopp, sent a response letter to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), stating that the request lacked a proper legal basis and was an attempt to tarnish the reputation of both Crow and Thomas.<\/li>\n<li>Wyden accused Crow of stonewalling in response to Bopp\u2019s letter.<\/li>\n<li>Fourteen Senate Republicans wrote a letter to Wyden on Monday, condemning the Democrat\u2019s investigation into Thomas, Crow, and their relationship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It remains to be seen how this investigation will play out, but it is clear that both sides are digging in for a fight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harlan Crow, a longtime friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has rejected a request from Senate Democrats for financial documents regarding Crow\u2019s relationship with the justice. Crow\u2019s attorney, Michael Bopp, sent Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, a response letter on Monday saying Wyden\u2019s request lacked a proper legal predicate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":1928001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4549,4009,11416,7377,3976,10215],"class_list":["post-1928000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-defends","tag-democratic","tag-finances","tag-friend","tag-investigation","tag-thomas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1928000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1928001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1928000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1928000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}