You Can Crime If You Want To
May 15, 2023
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You Can Crime If You Want To
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You Can Crime If You Want To
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<p>Melissa, Kate, and Leah cover the gift that keeps on giving-- a.k.a. billionaire Harlan Crow, who can't seem to stop <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-school-tuition-scotus">giving undisclosed gifts</a> to Justice Clarence Thomas. They continue the discussion on the deluge of stories about questionable ethics at the Supreme Court following <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/05/04/leonard-leo-clarence-ginni-thomas-conway/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjI4MjM3OTMiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjgzMTcyODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjg0NDY4Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODMxNzI4MDAsImp0aSI6IjNlODg3OTczLWMzMGItNDU1OC04NzBmLWYzZDJjZDYxZmI2MCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9pbnZlc3RpZ2F0aW9ucy8yMDIzLzA1LzA0L2xlb25hcmQtbGVvLWNsYXJlbmNlLWdpbm5pLXRob21hcy1jb253YXkvIn0.JedQkSLNMMMjTJxKX6sA4BxneEfjBZ9dTOFqmZcNmII">a report</a> that said Leonard Leo arranged for Ginni Thomas to be paid tens of thousands of dollars for "consulting work". The cherry on top? Two recent Supreme Court opinions about political corruption and fraud. Finally, they are joined by John Mills, an attorney for Richard Glossip, who was sentenced to death for a crime for which there is powerful evidence he did not commit.</p><ul>
<li>Listen to an<a href="https://crooked.com/podcast/the-ultimate-in-anti-abortion-exceptionalism/"> interview </a>with Justin Elliott, one of the ProPublica reporters who broke the news about Harlan Crow and Justice Thomas.</li>
<li>The hosts covered the arguments of the opinions for Percoco v. US and Ciminelli v. US in this <a href="https://crooked.com/podcast/turning-fan-fiction-into-reality/">episode.</a>
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<li>In this <a href="https://crooked.com/podcast/cosplaying-an-investigation/">episode</a>, the hosts discussed the arguments for Santos-Zacaria v. Garland, another one of the opinions discussed.</li>
<li>This <a href="https://crooked.com/podcast/pigs-prince-and-proven-innocence/">past episode</a> discusses the arguments for National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, an opinion the hosts talk about this week.</li>
<li>Follow @CrookedMedia on Instagram and Twitter for more original content, host takeovers and other community events.</li>
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