Ben Ferguson: “They're friends, by the way. That's the part that they want…”

“Someone's a good friend of mine and has taken trips with him, has gone camping with him as, as had meals with him. They're friends, by the way. That's the part that they want from this. They're actual dear friends of the, of the Thomas. Yes. And they've attacked Clarence Thomas. Now, number one, nobody disputes that the ethics rules said do not disclose personal hospitality, lodging and travel like that's admitted.” (15:45–15:52)

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