US ethics watchdog calls on Clarence Thomas to resign over undisclosed gifts

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington says supreme court justice should resign over mega-donor gifts scandal

The conservative supreme court justice Clarence Thomas must resign, an ethics watchdog said on Tuesday, citing revelations about Thomas's failure to declare lavish gifts and financial support from a Republican mega-donor, Harlan Crow.

In an open letter to Thomas, Noah Bookbinder of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or Crew, cited a grave crisis of institutional legitimacy currently facing the supreme court".