Thomas failed to publicly disclose additional private travel provided by a wealthy conservative donor, a top Democratic senator said.
FILE — Sen. Ron Wyden speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill on May 1, 2024. Wyden demanded in a letter to Harlan Crow’s lawyer that he supply more information about the financial relationship between Crow and Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. Justice Clarence Thomas failed to publicly disclose additional private travel provided by wealthy conservative donor Harlan Crow, a top Democratic senator said in a letter Monday.
Thomas has previously said that he did not believe he needed to disclose gifts of personal hospitality from friends who did not have cases before the Supreme Court. It was not immediately clear whether the 2010 flight disclosed by Wyden was part of the same trip, or how Thomas and his wife traveled to and from Hawaii.
A White House spokesperson said the news of the undisclosed travel reinforced Biden’s calls for an enforceable code of conduct. Although Thomas had claimed the travels were “personal hospitality” and therefore exempt from public disclosure requirements, Wyden wrote, legislators wanted proof that Crow had not claimed any tax deductions as business expenses for hosting the justice on his yacht and private jet.
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