NEW: In 2000, Clarence Thomas was deep in debt.
He met w/ a GOP Congressman & complained about his salary.
The GOP started to fear heβd leave the court.
In the years that followed, billionaires lavished him w/ secret gifts.https://t.co/uLSfv8rmnp pic.twitter.com/d44z1OwxV7
— Jesse Eisinger (@eisingerj) December 18, 2023
SCOTUS seat held for ransom
But noooo. We couldn’t possibly have listened to Anita Hill pointing out, patiently and politely, what a scumbag he was.