GOP Megadonor Harlan Crow claims he's the victim of 'a political hit job' after reporting showed he paid for Clarence Thomas' lavish vacations and bought property from him

• GOP megadonor Harlan Crow defended his ties to Justice Clarence Thomas.
• Crow attacked ProPublica which has published bombshell reports about Crow paying for luxury trips for Thomas.

GOP Megadonor Harlan Crow slammed detailed reporting about him financing some of Justice Clarence Thomas' luxury travel while also struggling to answer what if any relationship he would have with Thomas if he wasn't on the nation's highest court.

"I think it's a political hit job," Crow told Dallas Morning News columnist Cheryl Hall in his largest response to ProPublica's bombshell reports. "I don't think the media cares really much about Harlan Crow, and I think they're right. They shouldn't care much about Harlan Crow."

Crow also blasted ProPublica, a nonprofit journalism organization that has won six Pulitzer Prizes, as "funded by leftists" that has the aim to destabilize the Supreme Court.

"But I think that the media, and this ProPublica group in particular, funded by leftists, has an agenda to destabilize the Court. What they've done is not truthful. It lacks integrity," he said. "They've done a pretty good job in the last week or two of unfairly slamming me and more importantly than that, unfairly slamming Justice Thomas."

ProPublica has extensively reported on how Crow, a Texas billionaire, has paid for lavish trips for Thomas and his wife, Virginia "Ginni" and also purchased property from Thomas. Multiple Democratic lawmakers have called on Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate Crow's gifts and why Thomas failed to properly report the generosity. Federal ethics experts previously told ProPublica that Thomas violated judicial guidelines by not disclosing the gifts.

In response to Crow's comments, ProPublica's editor-in-chief Stephen Engelberg told the Morning News that ProPublica invites the Texan to provide details "so we can correct any inaccuracies." Engelberg added that the publication reached out to Justice Thomas and Crow with extensive questions about what their reporting uncovered.

"As investigative journalists, our job is to unearth the facts. If Harlan Crow disputes the accuracy of our reporting involving Justice Clarence Thomas, we invite him to provide us with the details so we can correct any inaccuracies," Crow told The Morning News.

CNN reported early Monday morning that Thomas intends to amend his financial disclosure to properly report Crow company buying three properties from a trio of co-owners, including Justice Thomas and his mother in 2014.

Crow defended his relationship with Thomas, arguing that any relationship "has some kind of reciprocity" but that called it "insane" that he would try to influence the seniormost justice on the Supreme Court.

"Do you think I would try to influence him about my point of view on that matter? No, of course not," Crow said. "That's insane. We have different points of view on that and probably other issues."

Crow said he and Thomas have developed a strong friendship. He also struggled to answer what their lives would be like if Thomas wasn't on the Supreme Court.

"It's an interesting, good question," Crow told Hall. "I don't know how to answer that. Maybe not. Maybe yes. I don't know."