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An array of high-rolling lawyers with cases before the Supreme Court paid money to one of Justice Clarence Thomas’s top aides through Venmo.
The Guardian reports that these lawyers have done everything from successfully arguing #against #affirmative #action, to leading the charge to #limit the #Environmental #Protection #Agency’s ability to, well, protect the environment.
These top lawyers appeared to be paying for exclusive access to a Christmas party hosted by the justice, according to the payment descriptions on Venmo.
One of the lawyers paying the Thomas aide was #Patrick }'#Strawbridge, a partner at Consovoy McCarthy, who successfully helped #overturn #affirmative #action.
Another was #Kate #Todd, former White House deputy counsel under twice-impeached, twice-indicted, and liable for sexual abuse former President Donald Trump.
Yet another party-going lawyer was #Elbert #Lin, West Virginia’s former solicitor general, who was very influential in a Supreme Court case that #limited the #EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. And that’s just a taste of who attended