Add three more private jet rides to the tally of gifts Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted from right-wing billionaires. A Senate investigation into Thomas’ relationship with conservative megadonor Harlan Crow revealed three additional, unreported trips by the justice on Crow’s personal jet. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee obtained information on the flights through a written response from Thomas’ attorney, who disclosed that the justice had taken flights on Crow’s plane to Glacier National Park in Montana, Washington D.
C., and Georgia. Thomas’ relationship with Crow, and the many lavish gifts showered upon him by the billionaire, have been heavily reported on by ProPublica over the last year.
These include rides on private jets and luxury yachts, expensive vacations, tuition payments, and even the purchase of properties. Last week, Thomas disclosed two additional trips to Bali and California paid for by Crow in 2019, claiming that he had “inadvertently omitted” them from previous financial disclosures. Senate Democrats noted that despite Thomas’s disclosure of the “eight-day yacht trip” to Bali, “Crow’s documents show different dates for the July 2019 Indonesia trip, further calling into question the accuracy of the details Justice Thomas decides to disclose.
” The reporting prompted an investigation by Senate Democrats into potential ethics violations stemming from Thomas’ relationship with the GOP megadonor. Sen. Dick D.