Categories Articles Clarence Thomas’s first public scandal came in 1980, when he was a no-name aide to a GOP senator and complained to a journalist that his sister just waited by the mailbox for her welfare check Post author By crystalg Post date May 18, 2023 Business Insider Business Insider… Tags 1980, aide, came, Check, Clarence, Complained, First, journalist, Just, Mailbox, NoName, public, scandal, senator, Sister, Thomas's, Waited, Welfare