November 4th 2023.
Crystal Clanton, a conservative activist and law clerk, has been thrust into the media spotlight after the New Yorker magazine unearthed racist text messages she sent when she was 20 years old. The messages, which were later confirmed by The Washington Post, read, “I HATE BLACK PEOPLE. Like f*** them all.”
Clanton defended herself against the accusations, telling the New Yorker, “I have no recollection of these messages and they do not reflect what I believe or who I am and the same was true when I was a teenager.”
Following the media attention, a 2022 panel of federal judges ordered an investigation into Clanton’s past. However, the order for the investigation was met with pushback from her colleagues in the conservative legal world. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who Clanton had lived with, and Judges Corey Maze and William Pryor, for whom she had obtained clerkships, all argued that the federal panel had no legal standing to do so.
Judge Thomas went a step further and wrote a letter to the 2nd Circuit on Clanton’s behalf. He stated that she was caught in an act of “defamation” and that it was completely out of character for her to say something like that. “I know Crystal Clanton and I know bigotry,” he wrote. “Bigotry is antithetical to her nature.”
The overwhelming support from her colleagues has resulted in the investigation being dropped. It remains to be seen whether or not Clanton will face any repercussions for her past comments. Regardless, Justice Clarence Thomas has shown his unwavering support for Clanton.
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