Thomas Acknowledges Gifts From Cultist Billionaire

The New York Times reports:

Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged on Friday additional luxury travel he had accepted from a conservative billionaire, amending a previous financial disclosure to reflect trips he had taken to an Indonesian island and a secretive all-male club in the Northern California redwoods. The trips, taken in 2019, were earlier revealed by ProPublica, but it is the first time that Justice Thomas has included them on his financial disclosures.

Thomas included an unusual addendum, a statement defending his acceptance of gifts from Harlan Crow, a real estate magnate in Texas and a donor to conservative causes. He had “inadvertently omitted” information on earlier forms, the statement said, which also sought to justify his decision to fly on private jets. He stated that he had been advised to avoid commercial travel after the leak of the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.

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Clarence Thomas just acknowledged additional luxury travel he accepted from conservative billionaire Harlan Crow — amending a previous financial disclosure to reflect trips to an Indonesian island and a secretive all-male club in the Northern California redwoods.

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