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Gabriella Ferrigine

Durbin vows action of Thomas' donor ties

Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., vowed action in response to a bombshell ProPublica report detailing how Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury trips and other gifts from billionaire GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.

ProPublica's report detailed how the conservative justice and his wife, Ginni Thomas, have for over two decades "accepted luxury trips virtually every year from the Dallas businessman without disclosing them." Crow, a real estate magnate, has long supported GOP candidates and causes.

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