Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, collected nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations for a conservative group, according to a
report Tuesday that sheds new light on her advocacy.
The donations to Crowdsourcers for Culture and Liberty were channeled through a conservative think tank through what's known as "fiscal sponsorship," according to the Washington Post report. The arrangement allowed Crowdsourcers to shield its spending and fundraising activities from public view.
The revelation – the latest to heap scrutiny onto the Supreme Court – was likely to raise renewed calls for the court to adopt a code of ethics. So far, those calls have been unheeded by the justices.
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