Top US judge gets expensive gifts – level 1

Top US judge gets expensive gifts

14-04-2023 07:00

Democratic US Representative wants to get rid of Clarence Thomas.

Clarence Thomas is a top judge in the United States. He has many fancy holidays. Harlan Crow pays for the holidays. Crow is a rich businessman. He likes the Republicans. The media say that Thomas takes the gifts and he does not tell anyone. But it is a rule. A judge must tell if he gets gifts.

Thomas says that he does not know he must report these special gifts. He says that he follows all rules. Cortez knows that it will not be easy to make Thomas end his job. He gets support from the Conservatives.

Difficult words: fancy (nice and expensive), report (to inform about something), support (help).

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