Clarence Thomas discloses billionaire Harlan Crow paid for two luxury vacations after decades of trips
For more than 20 years U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and often his wife, Ginni Thomas, were the guests of billionaire Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow, who reportedly treated the couple to luxury air and sea travel and trips to his resort and other destinations, complete with gifts including clothing, all expenses paid. Now, following years of reports on the alleged ethics and corruption scandals of right-wing Supreme Court justices, and after an ethics policy newly-adopted by the SCOTUS justices, the latest disclosure report offers critical revelations.
“Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has disclosed for the first time trips to Bali and to a private club in California in 2019 paid for by his friend and benefactor, Texas billionaire Harlan Crow, according to financial disclosures released Friday for eight of the nine justices,” The Washington Post reports.
“The required annual reports, covering activity in 2023, also show three justices — Brett M. Kavanaugh, Neil M. Gorsuch and Ketanji Brown Jackson — received six-figure book payments,” The Post adds. “Jackson also accepted four concert tickets from Beyoncé worth nearly $4,000 and two pieces of art to display in her chambers.”
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On Thursday, Fix The Court revealed over the past 20 years Justice Thomas has accepted nearly $6 million in what the government watchdog believes are gifts disclosed by Thomas, gifts reported by the media including especially ProPublica, and “likely” gifts its investigation identified.
According to Fix The Court’s publicly posted spreadsheet, tallying up all the gifts Justice Thomas accepted, including disclosed, identified, and “likely” gifts, based on their investigations and on news reports, Justice Thomas appears to have accepted $5,879,796 worth of gifts.
The total of all gifts all justices accepted over the past two decades, not including amounts in today’s disclosure report, according to Fix The Court, is $6,592,657.
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Responding to Friday’s disclosure news, retired White House correspondent Peter Maer, an award-winning journalist, wrote: “Cashing in on #SCOTUS.”
Thursday night MSNBC’s Chris Hayes reported on Fix The Court’s investigation.
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