U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is seen in his chambers at the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. June 6, 2016.
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said that Republican megadonor Harlan Crow paid for his travel expenses and meals on at least three occasions last year, according to the justice’s new financial disclosure report released Thursday.
The report shows Crow paid for Thomas’ return flight in early February 2022 from Dallas, Texas, where the justice had traveled to appear as the keynote speaker at a conference of the conservative American Enterprise Institute.
They flew by private plane “due to an unexpected ice storm,” the filing notes.
Crow also provided transportation and mealsCrow’s relationship with Thomas has come under intense scrutiny following reporting from ProPublica and other outlets about years of previously undisclosed luxury trips that the conservative Supreme Court justice accepted from the real estate billionaire.
Thomas’ latest financial filing was made public more than two months after most of his colleagues on the nine-member court had released their own annual reports. Thomas sought an extension on filing the mandatory report amid the fallout from the reporting about his prior disclosures.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who had also requested an extension, separately filed his 2022 financial disclosure form Thursday morning, as well.
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