Clarence Thomas took additional trips funded by Harlan Crow, senator reveals
by Guardian staff and agency from US news | The Guardian on (#6NGSY)
Democrat Dick Durbin announces failure of supreme court justice to disclose travel paid for by billionaire benefactor
The US supreme court justice Clarence Thomas took at least three additional trips funded by the billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow that the conservative justice failed to disclose, the chair of the Senate judiciary committee said on Thursday.
Crow, a Texas businessman and Republican donor, disclosed details about the justice's travel between 2017 and 2021 in response to a judiciary committee vote last November to authorize subpoenas to Crow and another influential conservative, according to the committee chair, Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat representing Illinois.
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