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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted luxury gifts from a prominent Republican donor for more than 20 years without disclosing them, possibly violating a law that requires justices, judges and members of Congress to disclose most gifts, according to a new report.
ProPublica reported Thursday on a series of lavish trips Thomas has taken over more than two decades, which have been funded by billionaire and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.
This investigation comes as the nation's high court fends off requests for a code of ethics, which would likely address similar instances.
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The disclosures are the latest ethics controversy to dog Thomas, who also has faced tough questions about his incomplete financial disclosure forms and appearances at other political gatherings of wealthy conservative donors and influencers.
Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, his wife, also has come under scrutiny for her back-channel efforts to help former President Donald Trump stay in power despite losing the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden.
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Thomas accepted luxury gifts without disclosing them, according to report
Thomas has accepted lavish gifts from the billionaire Dallas businessman nearly every year, which had included vacations on Crow’s superyacht and trips on the billionaire’s Bombardier Global 5000 jet as well as a week each summer at Crow’s private resort in the Adirondacks, ProPublica reported, citing flight records, internal documents and interviews with Crow’s employees.
THomas is another repub scum bag that got caught and be fined heavily or put in prison for all this bs.
The Supreme Court has never actually had a code of ethics. He won't go to jail and is not likely to be impeached, as the House is under republican control.
Thomas has without doubt the worst legal 'mind', the most venal wife, and is a Disgrace in every way.
I believed Anita Hill implicitly, having had similar experiences in my life. What a POS
Yeah, Thomas should have recused himself from cases which involved his wife's lobbyist clients. Instead, he voted in favor of his wife's clients without fail, for which he benefitted from the bonuses she received, which do seem to be cause and effect.
Time to make new history and impeach a supreme court justice, as he has racked up improprieties.
No surprise here, only that it eventually got publicized..
Just imagine the fox crowd's outrage had this been a liberal justice.
Yeah, with the Fox/MAGA crowd it is only wrong if the other side does it, but it is perfectly fine if it is their own people.
He never should have gotten the job in the first place! And he has done nothing but go downhill since he has been there. He is so indebted to the radical Right for his cushy lifetime job, they would hardly need to sweeten the pot. And yet they do, just to keep him voting in the worst possible, anti humanitarian way.