Pressure grows on Clarence Thomas after more gifts from rightwing donor

Disclosures detail flights and stays with Harlan Crow as Democrats vow to investigate scandal in which this court is enmired'

The conservative supreme court justice Clarence Thomas faced further controversy on Thursday after the release of his financial disclosure form for 2022 provided evidence of more flights and stays with Harlan Crow, a Republican mega-donor.

Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democratic senator from Rhode Island and judiciary committee member, called the form a late-come effort at clean-up on aisle three'" which would not deter us from fully investigating the massive, secret, rightwing billionaire influence in which this court is enmired".