ProPublica reports that Thomas accepted lavish gifts from billionaire businessman, Harlan Crow, nearly every year — including vacations on Crow’s superyacht and trips on his personal jet. Clarence Thomas secretly took trips with GOP donor for decades:
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,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.
The report also found that flight records from the Federal Aviation Administration and FlightAware suggests that Thomas makes "regular use" of Crow's jet, noting that Thomas used the private plane for a three-hour trip in 2016. Crow, in his statement, also emphasized that he has never asked Thomas about any pending or lower court case, nor has Thomas discussed one, adding that “we have never sought to influence Justice Thomas on any legal or political issue” nor is aware of "any of our friends ever lobbying or seeking to influence" Thomas.Sen.
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