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Politics
Areeba Shah

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Prof thomas corruption likely unlawful - The Untold Story

A deep dive into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' finances revealed a secret complaint, or a subtle request, he made to a Republican Congressman about a pay raise, threatening that if lawmakers didn’t act, “one or more justices will leave soon,” according to a ProPublica investigation. 

This marks the most recent revelation in a series of ProPublica reports this year, delving into Thomas' contentious financial history – one with several instances of the Supreme Court justice accepting undisclosed gifts and money from wealthy friends who got a like-minded jurist on the nation’s highest court.

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