Leonard Leo, a powerful judicial lobbyist known for his hardline conservative causes, discreetly arranged for the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be paid tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work more than a decade ago.
to be paid tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work more than a decade ago, according to a new report fromname be left off the paperwork, at one point saying that the trail should make “no mention of Ginni, of course,” the newspaper reported.
In January 2012, Leo instructed ally Kellyanne Conway to bill a nonprofit group he advised, then funnel the money to pay Ginni, according to documents obtained by the. In all, Ginni Thomas received at least $80,000 between the summer of 2011 and 2012 from Conway’s firm, though the exact nature of any work she did for the company or the Judicial Education Project is unclear.
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