Talk about embarrassing! Rajan Vasisht, who served as an aide to far right Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas between July 2019 and July 2021, must’ve felt really silly when some reporters from the Guardian found his public Venmo transaction page and asked him why lawyers such as Patrick Strawbridge, a partner at Consovoy McCarthy who recently successfully argued that affirmative action was unconstitutional, former West Virginia Solicitor General Elbert Lin who argued in favor of this term’s ruling restricting the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gasses, and others with business before the court had sent Vasisht payments labeled “Thomas Christmas Party,” “CT Christmas Party,” or “CT Xmas party” for undisclosed amounts in November and December of 2019.
Vasisht’s face must’ve been redder than Rudolph’s nose after those sneaky little reporter elves found his naughty list! So red he made the Venmo profile private without commenting to them.