Thomas’s presence was intended to be a fundraising draw for the conservative political network, a ProPublica report said. Thomas did not disclose the 2018 trip.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas, on Sept. 7, 2017.
The Koch network has given millions of dollars to a conservative legal organization behind one of the Supreme Court’s biggest cases of the term that begins in October. The group, Cause of Action Institute, is asking the justices to overturn a decades-old precedent long targeted by conservatives concerned about the power of federal government agencies. The precedent has been used extensively by the government to defend environmental, financial and consumer protection regulations.
ProPublica has previously reported on Thomas’s friendship with influential Republican donor Harlan Crow, who over two decades has lavished gifts and financial favors upon Thomas. Crow has denied any impropriety and said the two do not discuss Supreme Court cases.The gifts Thomas accepted from Crow have included luxury vacations around the globe - notably travel on a superyacht and private jet - that were not disclosed by the justice, according to ProPublica.
The Washington Post has also reported that Thomas has for years claimed income from a defunct real estate firm and that conservative judicial activist arranged for Thomas’s wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, to be paid tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work but with the specification that she not be mentioned on the billing paperwork.
“Oh, my,” Whitehouse said in a social media post Friday in response to the latest ProPublica report. “More undisclosed private jet travel... more engagement with billionaire-funded organizations scheming to influence the Court.”
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