Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas explained Friday his failure to disclose trips paid for by his friend, Dallas billionaire Harlan Crow, was 'personal hospitality' with 'dearest friends'
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday explained his failure to disclose Thomas said in a statement that Crow and his wife Kathy are"dearest friends" who they have joined 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.
Thomas noted that he would comply with changes made to disclosure rules that were announced last month. Those revisions made it clear that trips on private jets and stays at privately owned resorts like one Crow owns in upstate New York would have to be disclosed.
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