2/ “And in recent years, he has become well known in legal circles as perhaps the most outspoken defender of his longtime friend, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who has battled ethics scandals involving his relationships with billionaires. Earlier this year, Paoletta called Thomas “our greatest living American.” He also wrote a book on Thomas.

In 2022, Paoletta represented Thomas’ wife, Virginia “Ginny” Thomas, before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6”

Mark Paoletta - a lawyer that fosters judicial corruption.
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Is Mark Paoletta funded by one of Putin's oligarchs?

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Clarence Thomas’s Vacation Scandal Shouldn’t Fade From Memory

Yes, the judicial Code of Conduct doesn’t apply here, but a reading of the law and even the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s comments on free travel underscore Thomas’s deceit.

^{James D. Zirin (Washington Monthly)}