


Paoletta, a longtime friend of Thomas, called the story “another attempt to manufacture a scandal about Justice Thomas.” On Twitter, however, lawyer Mark Paoletta defended Thomas in an extended statement. He did say that Thomas had not requested the support for either school, ProPublica reported.Ī Supreme Court spokeswoman did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press about whether Thomas would have any response to the story. Crow’s office responded in a statement to questions but did not address a question about how much he paid in total for Martin’s tuition. ProPublica said Thomas did not respond to questions. According to the ProPublica story, Crow paid tuition for Martin at a military boarding school in Virginia, Randolph-Macon Academy, as well as Hidden Lake Academy in Georgia.
