
The Democratic chair of the Senate Finance Committee said Tuesday that billionaire GOP megadonor Harlan Crow is trying to obstruct the panel's investigation into his gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who is facing growing calls to resign for failing to disclose luxury vacations and other largesse from an individual with business before the high court.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., had asked Crow to provide the Senate Finance Committee with a "full accounting" of the gifts he provided to Thomas and the justice's family, but the billionaire made clear this week that he does not intend to voluntarily comply with Wyden's investigation.