Democratic lawmakers are calling for an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas after ProPublica revealed Thursday that he had failed to report real estate deals made with Harlan Crow.
that he had been advised “by colleagues and others in the judiciary” that those luxury trips counted as “personal hospitality” that did not have to be disclosed.Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. to start his own investigation into gifts to Thomas from Crow, and reinvigorated calls for the Supreme Court to adopt a binding code of ethics. The revelation of Thomas’s additional, unreported real estate deals with Crow further outraged Democrats and led to new calls for Thomas to step down.
Rep. Don Beyer called on Thomas to resign, after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said last week that the House should impeach the justice. Other lawmakers vented their frustration at a lack of accountability.Thursday night. “If we can’t agree that it’s wrong for a Supreme Court justice to secretly take free trips and gifts and money from a billionaire who regularly funds efforts to influence the court, then, man, I just don’t know.
“Justice Thomas has accepted consistent and luxurious gifts to such an extent that they have subsidized his lifestyle in a way unimaginable for most judges, suggesting a use of his position for personal gain and a compromise of his objectivity,” CREW President Noah Bookbinder said in a statement. Thomas has confirmed he befriended Crow after he joined the Supreme Court in 1991, and said Crow and his wife are among his “dearest friends.”that he had received far more lavish gifts compared to his fellow justices. Federal law mandates that top officials from the three branches of government, including the Supreme Court, file annual forms detailing their finances, outside income and spouses’ sources of income, with each branch determining its own reporting standards.
Thomas has long been under scrutiny for possible conflicts of interest. Last year, Senate Democrats called on Thomas to
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