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ProPublica published an explosive story about the friendship between billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Members of Congress have demanded an investigation into the undisclosed travel of Thomas on Crow’s dime.
The story has had huge impact, and ethics watchdogs have called for new rules regarding Supreme Court justices and their financial ties to donors.
Our reporting relied on yacht workers scattered around the world, staff at Crow’s private resort in the Adirondacks, and administrators at a now-defunct boarding school in northern Georgia.
We would never have been able to uncover any of this without these sources’ help, and some of them took real risks.
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