Clarence Thomas Says Trips Paid for by Billionaire Were ‘Personal Hospitality,’ Not Business
7th April 2023
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday explained his failure to disclose trips paid for by a friend, conservative billionaire Harlan Crow.
Thomas said in a statement that Crow and his wife, Kathy, are “dearest friends” and that he and his wife have joined them on family trips for years.
“Early in my tenure at the Court, I sought guidance from my colleagues and others in the judiciary, and was advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the Court, was not reportable,” Thomas said.
“I have endeavored to follow that counsel throughout my tenure, and have always sought to comply with the disclosure guidelines,” he added.
Exactly so. If you have a billionaire friend, and you are both going to the same place, and he invites you to ride along with him on his private jet, do you refuse so that you can fly commercial? Only if you’re stupid. There is no evidence, there is no allegation, that Crow received any kind of favors from Thomas, or had any matter before the Supreme Court; if he did, I will bet you a paycheck that Thomas would recuse himself for precisely this reason.
This is just another chapter in the eternal witch-hunt for the Oreo On The Supreme Court, just as the pack baying after his wife is an extension of the same. Nothingburger. Big time.
UPDATE: Justice Thomas Crushes Left’s ‘Billionaire-Funded-Trips’ Impeachment Dreams