• Two appeals court judges dismissed the notion of a “scandal” surrounding Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas after left-wing outlet ProPublica published an article in which “experts” argued that Justice Thomas violated disclosure obligations by neglecting to report luxury gifts he received from billionaire friend Harlan Crow.
• Judge Thomas Hardiman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said “there was no intimation at any time, ever, that his billionaire friend ever had any business before the Supreme Court. So, how’s he helping his friend?”
• Judge James Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said that there is a difference between “an actual instance of corruption” and “the mere perception.”

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