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<p>When Supreme Court Justice <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/clarence-thomas">Clarence Thomas</a> released a 2021 Kindle and Audiobook version of his best-selling 2007 memoir, a powerful longtime friend pitched in to juice the sales.</p>
<p>But even with that boost—which <a href="http://thedailybeast.com/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-strange-pick-to-promote-his-book-says-it-all">The Daily Beast reported</a> came from conservative dark money mastermind Leonard Leo—the sales apparently didn’t take. At least, that’s according to Thomas’ <a href="https://fixthecourt.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Thomas-C-J3.-SC_SR_21.pdf">2021 financial disclosure</a>, which listed no royalty income.</p>
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When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas released a 2021 Kindle and Audiobook version of his best-selling 2007 memoir, a powerful longtime friend pitched in to juice the sales.
But even with that boost—which The Daily Beast reported came from conservative dark money mastermind Leonard Leo—the sales apparently didn’t take. At least, that’s according to Thomas’ 2021 financial disclosure, which listed no royalty income.
