Senate Committee Discloses More Free Trips Taken by Justice Thomas

Published on June 14, 2024

The Senate Judiciary Committee on June 13 released new information about flights and excursions that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took for which Republican donor Harlan Crow paid. Justice Thomas previously said he was advised by colleagues that “this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends … was not reportable.” Some of the data points were not previously disclosed by the court’s longest serving justice. The information was provided to the committee by Mr. Crow, a Texas billionaire, who is a longtime friend of Justice Thomas. Mr. Crow handed over the information after the committee subpoenaed him last fall as part of its investigation into gifts made to members of the nation’s highest court....

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