WASHINGTON — Harlan Crow, the Dallas investor whose lavish secret trips with Justice Clarence Thomas have sparked an intense debate about Supreme Court ethics, is a GOP megadonor with many friends in high places.
In the last three decades, the billionaire real estate magnate has donated $14.7 million to candidates and campaign committees, including at least $13 million to Republicans.
His largesse is probably far higher. As a co-founder of Club for Growth, an influential anti-tax group whose beneficiaries include Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, he has given unknown but likely huge sums of “dark money” that isn’t subject to disclosure.
