Acclaimed documentarian and longtime Democrat Ken Burns is distancing himself from controversial conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas after a photo was published by ProPublica that showed the filmmaker posing with Thomas and late businessman David Koch.
In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, the filmmaker's spokesperson said, "Around 10 years ago, Ken was stopped and asked to take a photograph with a Supreme Court Justice and David Koch, who was a supporter of public television and would later provide some funding for his film, 'The Vietnam War.'
