
GOP donor Harlan Crow paid tuition for Clarence Thomas' grandnephew, report says
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Washington — Texas real estate developer and Republican donor Harlan Crow paid the tuition for Justice Clarence Thomas' grandnephew at two private schools, according to a report published Thursday.
The report from the news outlet ProPublica revealed that Crow wired $6,200 in July 2009 for one month of tuition for Mark Martin, Thomas' grandnephew, at Hidden Lake Academy in Dahlonega, Georgia, citing a bank statement filed in court as part of a bankruptcy case. The document shows the payment was made from Crow Holdings LLC, one of Crow's companies, and listed Martin's name.
A former administrator for the school, Christopher Grimwood, told ProPublica that Crow paid Martin's tuition during his tenure there, which was roughly a year. Grimwood said Crow also covered tuition for Martin at Randolph-Macon Academy, a boarding school in Front Royal, Virginia.

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