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Justice Elena Kagan was Worried About the Ethics of Accepting Bagels from Friends, while Clarence Thomas was Enjoying Expensive Vacations Paid for by a GOP Megadonor: Report
At a time when Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was accepting lavish trips paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, fellow Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was turning down bagels and lox from high school friends, over concerns she could be violating the court's ethics rules for accepting gifts, according to a new report.
Forward reported that friends who attended Hunter College High School in Manhattan with Kagan in the 1970s wanted to send her a "care package" of bagels, lox, babka, chocolates, and other inexpensive items in February 2021.
However, they later scrapped the idea after Kagan expressed concerns about issues it could pose under the Supreme Court's rules on gifts and disclosures, per Forward.
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