A new filing reveals Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ undisclosed trips bankrolled by billionaire donor Harlan Crow, and a secretive stream of payments to Ginni Thomas’ firm.
New filings reveal more luxury trips and opaque payments to Clarence Thomas’ wife, Ginni
A new filing reveals Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ undisclosed trips bankrolled by billionaire donor Harlan Crow, and a secretive stream of payments to Ginni Thomas’ firm.
Giuliani was beloved by several business titans when he was mayor of New York City, who supported his 2008 presidential campaign that raised more than $60 million, according to those familiar with the matter and data from the nonpartisan OpenSecrets.
Donors play an outsized role in American politics because candidates typically need to attract many of them in order to qualify to participate in debates and because campaigns have become so expensive. During the 2020 election, candidates shelled out a staggering nearly $14 billion (doubling 2016’s spending), according to OpenSecrets.
While Musk has publicly said he's behind various GOP figures, his political donations history, as tracked by OpenSecrets, shows he has a history of giving money to Democrats and Republicans alike. The current frontrunner in the GOP race is former President Donald Trump, who Musk has openly feuded with.
