Clarence Thomas Gifted Luxe Trip to Putin’s Hometown: Dems
www.thedailybeast.com
The allegedly secret gifts were disclosed in a letter from two Democratic senators that accused Thomas of potentially committing tax fraud.

I’m sure this is totally fine

  • rsuri@lemmy.world
    123·
    4 months ago

    I mean the gift part of it is ridiculous and all, but Putin’s hometown is St. Petersburg. A trip to St. Petersburg in 2003 is probably tourism, more a sign of being on Harlan Crow’s payroll than Putin’s.

    • orcrist@lemm.ee
      4·
      4 months ago

      The appearance of corruption is corruption. Judges know that. Everyone knows that.

      We can explain away things, but it was his job to make sure we wouldn’t need to. This is not an edge case. And if it were, why didn’t he disclose it, as basic CYA? … Oh, yeah, we know why.