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Chris Hayes Asks ‘Just How Much Money has Secretly Flowed’ to Clarence Thomas (Video)

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The Washington Post reported on Thursday that right wing judicial activist Leonard Leo, former vice president of the conservative Federalist Society, had paid Ginni Thomas, Clarence Thomas’ wife, tens of thousands of dollars for unspecified consulting back in 2012.

What’s worse, Leo directed that Ginni Thomas’ name be omitted from any records. Leo has admitted to the payments but denies any ill intent behind them.Leo, as Hayes noted while discussing this, has as a member of the Federalist Society spent decades attempting to recruit conservative lawyers and then get them placed in the judiciary — in fact, all six members of the current Republican majority on the court are either current or former Federalist Society members.Hayes spent a lot of time explaining all of this on his show while discussing Thomas.

Leo, Hayes said, “is to my mind the single most influential private citizen in the country when it comes to America’s courts.”Hayes argued that in particular, Leo’s goal has been to not only recruit conservative justices, but also make sure they remain committed to the conservative movement once they become judges.

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