"A key question is now this: Did Leonard Leo use millions in nonprofit contributions in a conspiracy with others to illegally enrich himself and his friends, including the Thomases? (Narrator: Duh.)

~ Jay Kuo

#LeonardLeo #GinniThomas #SupremeCourt #corruption
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https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/what-about-ginni

And all of this is happening in the shadows, the dark, with no daylight shining in:

"The movement’s triumphs are now visible but its engine remains hidden: A billion-dollar network of groups, most of which are registered as tax-exempt charities or social welfare organizations. Taking advantage of gaps in disclosure laws, they shield the identities of most of their donors and some of the recipients of the funds."

A formula for corruption.

#LeonardLeo #GinniThomas #SupremeCourt #corruption
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Who's really running the country? Leonard Leo, Ginni Thomas, the corrupt Supremes they've bought, and their super-rich backers:

"From those early discussions among Leo, Thomas and Crow would spring a billion-dollar force that has helped remake the judiciary and overturn longstanding legal precedents on abortion, affirmative action and many other issues."

~ Heidi Przybyla

#LeonardLeo #GinniThomas #SupremeCourt #corruption
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https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/10/ginni-thomas-leonard-leo-citizens-united-00108082

This story of how #corruption permeates the highest level of our country's legal and political systems continues to unravel and yet there is no action. This is shameful, and deadly for our democracy. What #GinniThomas and #LeonardLeo wrought: How a justice’s wife and a key activist started a movement. Thanks to #SCOTUS #CitizensUnited ruling, a trove of so-called #darkmoney was about to be unleashed. 2 activists prepared to seize the moment. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/10/ginni-thomas-leonard-leo-citizens-united-00108082

#GinniThomas Helped ​Establish​ a ‘Billion-Dollar Force’ Ahead of Citizens United: Report

"NO INFLUENCE PEDDLING HERE, SAYS CLARENCE.
WHAT BULLSHIT!

Ginni #Thomas, and Leonard #Leo, the co-chairman of the #Federalist Society’s Board of Directors, were working behind the scenes with the support of a controversial billionaire

Its mission would be to, at the time, block then-President Barack Obama’s pet initiatives.”

“She also had a rich backer: #HarlanCrow,

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2023/09/ginni-thomas-helped-establish-a-billion-dollar-force-ahead-of-citizens-united-report/

"And if it turns out Thomas’s wife Ginni or longtime consigliere Mark Paoletta recruited those lawyers’ support … well, that would be a tough request to turn down if you’re lawyer whose career (and, no doubt, lavish compensation) owes a great deal to your relationship with a sitting Supreme Court justice."

#ClarenceThomas #GinniThomas #corruption #SupremeCourt
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New Details on TRAITOROUS PLOT by Wife of Right-Wing Justice(video)..#GinniThomas..#GOP..#whitenationalism https://youtu.be/rRGUCREIrJk

Was Ginni Thomas part of 'fake electors' plot? Calls grow for arrest of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's wife..#GinniThomas..#GOP..#whitenationalism https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/was-ginni-thomas-part-of-fake-electors-plot-calls-grow-for-arrest-of-supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-s-wife/ar-AA1e75x2?cvid=b6a0bf9fe3b54512a6595d67b2de805e&ocid=winp2fptaskbar&ei=8

"A justice’s spouse prominently involved in advocating on issues before the court without the justice’s recusal? Repeated omissions in mandatory financial disclosure statements brushed under the rug as inadvertent? A justice’s taxpayer-financed staff reportedly helping to promote her books? Private school tuition for a justice’s family member covered by a wealthy benefactor? Wow."

#SupremeCourt #ethics #corruption #ClarenceThomas #GinniThomas #SamuelAlito
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"I wonder if any business owner is going to get the chance to refuse service to Clarence and Ginny Thomas, citing a religious belief against interracial marriage."

~ Teresa Hanafin

#SupremeCourt #ClarenceThomas #GinniThomas #ReligiousFreedom #discrimination #InterracialMarriage

https://view.email.bostonglobe.com/?qs=f12f2d6365c6b860ae6411b54ba70e2fc11bf4960ca8a775fbb9984f05798f556caf7fdaa4b77d33283d9c7188a7a43340b058f92e4a9971e04dd666b64061f1bd3438b91d2d5a257f95873cc93286b37f19cc62b9a318775989705b0bd5f057

@ThomHartmann Yes, it's well past time to investigate #GinniThomas. Will it happen? The #J6 committee didn't even have the nerve to compel her to testify under oath. Shameful.

"We need to be aware of the history leading to the current moment. McConahay has done us a great service by laying out the case."

And, of course, as Roberts says, Clarence Thomas, wife Ginni, and Leonard Leo and the corruption of a Supreme Court dominated by hard-right Catholics loom very large large in McConahay's study.

#Catholics #CatholicBishops #US #HardRight #CultureWars #DarkMoney #Republicans #ClarenceThomas #GinniThomas #LeonardLeo #SupremeCourt #corruption
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Thom Hartmann says it "sure looks like bribery" when Clarence Thomas cast the tie-breaking vote to gut the Voting Rights act after Leonard Leo laundered at least $80,000 from the Judicial Education Project, which had an amicus brief before the court in favor of gutting the Voting Rights act. And when the laundered money ended up in the hands of Clarence Thomas's wife Ginni.

#ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourt #corruption #ethics #GinniThomas #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety

https://hartmannreport.com/p/saturday-report-5623

Oops: Ginni Thomas’s Firm Also Received Cash Payments From a Conservative With Business Before the Supreme Court - Vanity Fair https://apple.news/Ax8nSVMtGTtmir3iLvh0q-Q #Ginni #GinniThomas #us #USA

"Astoundingly, Crow was so proud of his own Little Apalachin Meeting that he wasn’t satisfied with memorializing it in a mere photograph. He commissioned an artist, Sharif Tarabay, to paint the scene of the now infamous mob-meet."

#SupremeCourt #corruption #ethics #ClarenceThomas #HarlanCrow #LeonardLeo #Federalist Society #GinniThomas
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"Crow sat down with his personally-owned Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas, and his Federalist Society master, Leonard Leo. Also there were lawyer Peter Rutledge, an attorney who had practiced over 30 times before the Supreme Court, and Mark Paoletta, a former chief counsel to Vice President Pence who has represented Justice Thomas’ wife, Ginni."

#SupremeCourt #corruption #ethics #ClarenceThomas #HarlanCrow #LeonardLeo #Federalist Society #GinniThomas
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#Update: Kellyanne Conway responds to report Judicial Activist who hired her moved to cover up payments to Justice Thomas' wife Ginni Thomas https://politicaliq.com/2023/05/05/judicial-activist-moved-to-cover-up-payments-to-ginni-thomas-report/ #KellyanneConway #ClarenceThomas #GinniThomas #SupremeCourt #Ethics #EthicsCode #politicaliq #news #politics

"Leo advised Clarence Thomas through his contentious confirmation process in the early 1990s...

Ginni Thomas called Leo a “mentor to me”...

“Leonard Leo has single-handedly changed the face of the judiciary,” she said at the awards dinner, held at what was then the Trump International Hotel in Washington. “He has many hats. That isn’t even all he does. He does not really tell all that he does.”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/05/04/leonard-leo-clarence-ginni-thomas-conway/

#SCOTUS #Corruption #LeonardLeo #ClarenceThomas #GinniThomas

Judicial Activist Moved to Cover Up Payments to Clarence Thomas' wife Ginni: Report https://politicaliq.com/2023/05/05/judicial-activist-moved-to-cover-up-payments-to-ginni-thomas-report/ #SupremeCourt #GinniThomas #ClarenceThomas #Ethics #EthicsCode #Senate #LeonardLeo #politicaliq #news #politics

#Conservative #judicial activist #LeonardLeo arranged $25k payment to #GinniThomas for consulting work specifying that her name be left off billing paperwork per documents reviewed by WaPo. In January 2012, Leo instructed GOP pollster# KellyanneConway to bill a nonprofit group he advises and use that money to pay Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the documents show. The same year, the nonprofit #JudicialEducationProject filed a brief to #SCOTUS in a landmark #VotingRights case. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/05/04/leonard-leo-clarence-ginni-thomas-conway/