ICYMI: In The 'Garden of Evil' With Clarence Thomas' Friend Harlan Crow
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🗓️ 26 May 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
The interview was done by Atlantic staff writer Graeme Wood at Crow's home in Dallas, Texas.
Crow told Wood, "My hope is that this is the last conversation I have on this topic in public."
Wood joins Jenn White with the latest.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the 1A Podcast. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm David Gura, InfraGen White. |
| 0:11.5 | And this is, in case you missed it, where we bring you some of the week's biggest conversations. |
| 0:15.9 | This week, the Atlantic magazine published an exclusive interview with Harlan Crow, the |
| 0:21.1 | ultra-wealthy real estate developer whose friendship and financial relationship with Supreme |
| 0:25.5 | Court Justice Clarence Thomas is the subject of much scrutiny. |
| 0:29.4 | The interview was done by Atlantic staff writer Graham Wood at Crow's home in Dallas, Texas. |
| 0:34.6 | One A's Gen White spoke to Graham about the article, and we'll let Gen take it from here. |
| 0:39.1 | Thanks for joining us. |
| 0:40.1 | Good to be with you. |
| 0:41.1 | So just a quick reminder for people who may not be familiar with Harlan Crow's background. |
| 0:46.4 | Tell us a little bit about him. |
| 0:47.7 | Harlan Crow is an extremely wealthy real estate developer in Dallas, Texas. |
| 0:51.6 | His father was also an extremely wealthy real estate developer. |
| 0:55.0 | And he's been in the news because one of his closest friends is Supreme Court Justice Clarence |
| 0:59.1 | Thomas. |
| 1:00.1 | And it turns out that Thomas has been the recipient of a number of gifts from Crow. |
| 1:05.6 | And a lot of people think that maybe Crow has undue influence over the Supreme Court justice. |
| 1:10.4 | And then on the side, it turns out that he has, Crow has a large historical collection |
| 1:14.8 | that includes some Nazi memorabilia, which is always something that will raise eyebrows. |
| 1:18.3 | When you went to his home, you start off the article in his quote, Garden of Evil. |
| 1:24.6 | Crow is a prolific art collector, described, but walking through that garden was like. |
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