Rep. Dean Phillips got a $2,800 donation in 2019 from Harlan Crow, the Texas billionaire who is close to Justice Clarence Thomas.
, says that he doesn’t recall the circumstances of a maximum contribution check his 2020 congressional campaign cashed from right-wing billionaire Harlan Crow—but Phillips allows that it’s possible he solicited it personally.
While he said he genuinely did not know how the donation came about, Phillips promised, “I will be honest.” But Phillips has dismissed those concerns, taking a “steel sharpens steel” view of his primary challenge—despite historical evidence indicating such challenges rarely play out that way.
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