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.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Clarence Thomas is still a corrupt asshole.
The original article had a shitload of words, my summary only has seven. I’m an actual human, I swear!
Good human
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I don’t know about that, let’s see what a selfidentified bot thinks.
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What the heck, an exclamation mark links to communities. TIL
When his form was released to the public, Justice 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.
So saying he has “acknowledged” them is being very generous. He’s still making excuses and not taking responsibility for breaking the rules.
Including the advise about avoiding commercial travel after the Dobbs draft leaked is a non sequitur I’m having a really hard time not interpreting as a dog whistle to a political audience. Sure, avoid commercial travel, but include the gift of travel in your documentation. Why bring up Dobbs except to hint that he believes he’s being persecuted for doing his job, despite the fact that the binding, precedent-setting opinion has no legal basis at all. That’s not my conclusion, because my personal conclusion would be garbage since I’m not an expert. That’s the conclusion of countless legal experts and the dissenting justices.
But sure, you were so rattled by this unprecedented persecution of a sitting justice that you “inadvertently” omitted huge gifts from conflicts of interest in your disclosure forms. You still did it, so take responsibility.
I misread the title as 2,019 trips were paid by Harlan Crow, and honestly wasn’t surprised that the amount of corruption was that high.
Those luxury RVs don’t pay for themselves. You expect Clarence Thomas to take away our basic human rights and subvert democracy in a regular RV?
The RV was only about 6% of the total haul Thomas took in.
I suspect he would do it for free.
He feels so pressures about what he did that he gave an addendum defending himself. It basically says he needed those private flights because of Roe v Wade draft leaks. 🙄 Corrupt ass judges with no real accountability
Disclosing the bribes is a decent beginning, but lying about the bribes for the last 5+ years should have already meant jail time
So we gonna start protesting this corruption by flooding our streets or what? Look at that shit, corruption in full view just out there. I’m so tired of this erosion of trust.
The worst part is he can’t fathom why it might call his impartiality into question
He knows full well why.
Who CARES? It’s not like Harlan Crow is financing cases in front of the Supreme Court that if ruled in his favor would CRIPPLE your Freedoms as Americans!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
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.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reported receiving four concert tickets valued at about $3,700 from Beyoncé and $10,000 of artwork for her chambers from the Alabama artist and musician Lonnie Holley.
The financial disclosures, released yearly, are one of the few public records available about the justices’ lives, providing select details of their activities outside the court.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. was granted an extension this year, said the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, which offers support for the federal judiciary and handles the financial records.
When his form was released to the public, Justice 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.
Still the lack of enforcement mechanism or a process to handle ethics complaints drew criticism, as did the absence of any specific restrictions on gifts, travel or real estate deals.
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Can we just add a sponsorship disclaimer to everything he does? Clarence Thomas - b®ought to you by Harlan Crow - Or - legal represantative of H. Crow - Or as a short form just Clarence Thomas (Crow)?
