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Billionaire Republican megadonor<\/span> Harlan R. Crow gave the maximum allowed contribution to the campaign for Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n Crow \u2014 magnate of a Texas real estate empire, longtime Republican donor, and past dual citizen<\/a> of St. Kitts and Nevis \u2014 has come under increased scrutiny in recent years after ProPublica reported that he financed luxury travel<\/a> for and bought property<\/a> from conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who did not disclose the dealings. Crow also reportedly paid tuition for Thomas\u2019s grandnephew<\/a> at a private boarding school in Georgia.\u00a0<\/p>\n Crow did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the contribution to Fetterman\u2019s campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fetterman has drawn ire from his previous supporters and Democratic colleagues<\/a> for what they\u2019ve characterized as a stark shift in his ideological and policy stances since he was first elected to the Senate. That shift has attracted Republican donors<\/a> who said they appreciated Fetterman\u2019s vocal embrace of pro-Israel policies since entering office. A recent poll<\/a> found that a majority of Democrats in Pennsylvania want Fetterman to leave the party, and that his approval rating is higher among Republicans than Democrats. Last week, Fetterman launched a bipartisan joint fundraising committee<\/a> with Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa.<\/p>\n Crow contributed the FEC\u2019s maximum of $7,000 to Fetterman\u2019s campaign on June 30, less than a week before Fetterman\u2019s new committee with McCormick, Common Ground PA, filed paperwork<\/a> with the FEC. Crow is currently listed as the chair of the board of Crow Holdings. In the contribution to Fetterman\u2019s campaign, Crow listed his employer as the Trammell Crow Company and his occupation as real estate developer, rather than head of Crow Holdings, as he\u2019d listed in other FEC filings earlier this year. (Trammell Crow was Harlan Crow\u2019s father<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Fetterman, who campaigned for Senate as a progressive and endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for president in 2016, has faced criticism for breaking with his party and voting with Republicans<\/a> on key issues from immigration to U.S. attacks on boats in international waters <\/a>to the war with Iran<\/a>, as well as also voting for nominees<\/a> of President Donald Trump<\/a>. Over the last two years, he\u2019s seen an exodus of staffers<\/a>, some of whom complained that they were \u201cworking on Israel all the time,\u201d had donors request refunds<\/a>, and brought registered Republicans into his fold.\u00a0<\/p>\n