Politics Clarence Thomas has been accepting private plane and yacht vacations from GOP mega donor for years

Never disclosed to anyone including taxes.

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow

 

Yeah, but what about Hunter Biden?!

 

IN LATE JUNE 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion of the term, Justice Clarence Thomas boarded a large private jet headed to Indonesia. He and his wife were going on vacation: nine days of island-hopping in a volcanic archipelago on a superyacht staffed by a coterie of attendants and a private chef.

If Thomas had chartered the plane and the 162-foot yacht himself, the total cost of the trip could have exceeded $500,000. Fortunately for him, that wasn’t necessary: He was on vacation with real estate magnate and Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, who owned the jet — and the yacht, too.

For more than two decades, Thomas has accepted luxury trips virtually every year from the Dallas businessman without disclosing them, documents and interviews show. A public servant who has a salary of $285,000, he has vacationed on Crow’s superyacht around the globe. He flies on Crow’s Bombardier Global 5000 jet. He has gone with Crow to the Bohemian Grove, the exclusive California all-male retreat, and to Crow’s sprawling ranch in East Texas. And Thomas typically spends about a week every summer at Crow’s private resort in the Adirondacks.

The extent and frequency of Crow’s apparent gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the U.S. Supreme Court.

These trips appeared nowhere on Thomas’ financial disclosures. His failure to report the flights appears to violate a law passed after Watergate that requires justices, judges, members of Congress and federal officials to disclose most gifts, two ethics law experts said. He also should have disclosed his trips on the yacht, these experts said.

Thomas did not respond to a detailed list of questions.

Read the rest here - https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow

 

Clarence Thomas Ruled on Bribery Case While Accepting Vacations

• A new report by ProPublica alleges that Supreme Court Justice Clarence accepted luxurious vacations from a top Republican donor. During that time, Thomas ruled on a bribery case.
• The Supreme Court unanimously reversed a lower court's conviction of a former Virginia governor in 2016, which has led to similar reversals in other cases involving local and state officials.
• Thomas allegedly accepted expensive trips and gifts that were not disclosed, which has prompted experts to question if his actions violate ethics laws.

https://www.newsweek.com/clarence-thomas-ruled-bribery-cases-vacations-republican-donors-1793088

 

Fun fact: Federal employees aren't allowed to accept anything greater in value than $25.

 

He needs to be removed from office.

 

GOP billionaire who funded Clarence Thomas's vacations has also given thousands of dollars to Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin

 

What? No. Can't be. I'm surprised.

 

Clarence Thomas says trips paid for by billionaire were 'personal hospitality,' not business
Thomas issued a statement in response to a ProPublica report about trips he took that were paid for by billionaire Harlan Crow.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/su...ilure-report-trips-paid-conservativ-rcna78696