{"id":2319755,"date":"2024-08-05T23:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T03:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clarence-thomas-took-more-undisclosed-private-flights-from-gop-donor-democratic-senator-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-05T23:40:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T03:40:26","slug":"clarence-thomas-took-more-undisclosed-private-flights-from-gop-donor-democratic-senator-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clarence-thomas-took-more-undisclosed-private-flights-from-gop-donor-democratic-senator-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarence Thomas took more undisclosed private flights from GOP donor: Democratic senator &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclarence-thomas-took-more-undisclosed-private-flights-from-gop-donor-democratic-senator-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2319755&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent report indicates that Supreme Court Justice \u200dClarence Thomas failed \u2063to disclose additional\u2063 private flights taken with GOP donor Harlan Crow. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) revealed that Thomas and his wife took a round trip from Hawaii \u200bto New Zealand in November 2010, along with other\u2064 undisclosed trips to Greece, Russia, and the Baltics. Wyden expressed concern that these undisclosed gifts from Crow could be viewed as extravagant gifts that might\u200b benefit \u2062Crow&#8217;s tax situation.<\/p>\n<p>This report comes after Thomas faced scrutiny in the past for not reporting numerous trips and gifts\u2063 from Crow and \u2063other conservative donors. After the \u200cbacklash, Thomas stated\u2063 he was unaware of the\u2064 necessity \u200bto report such gifts and claimed he would adhere to new disclosure guidelines. Additionally, there are political discussions\u200c surrounding the \u200cneed \u2062for reforms in the Supreme Court, \u2064including a binding \u200bcode of ethics, although Republican leaders have criticized \u2062these proposals as unnecessary.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Clarence Thomas took more undisclosed private flights from GOP donor: Democratic senator<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1716990\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Supreme Court Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/clarence-thomas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Clarence Thomas<\/a> failed to disclose additional private flights from a GOP donor, according to Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-wyden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ron Wyden<\/a> (D-OR).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Wyden said Republican donor Harlan Crow gave Thomas and his wife a round trip between Hawaii and New Zealand in November 2010. Wyden also voiced concern over trips <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Thomas<\/a> took with Crow to Greece, Russia, and the Baltics, which were not noted on the justice&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elizabeth-warren-abandons-mckinsey-disclosure-demands\/\" title=\"Elizabeth Warren Abandons McKinsey Disclosure Demands\">financial disclosure forms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/documenttools\/3c289da6f36f0ab9\/1e8cb898-full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>letter<\/a> to Crow&rsquo;s lawyer, the powerful Senate Democrat wrote that &ldquo;To date, Justice Thomas has never disclosed this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-czar-john-kerry-on-private-jet-travel-its-the-only-choice-for-somebody-like-me\/\" title=\"Climate Czar John Kerry On Private Jet Travel: \u2018It\u2019s The Only Choice For Somebody Like Me\u2019\">private jet travel<\/a> on any financial disclosure forms, even though Justice Thomas has amended disclosures to reflect other international travel on Mr. Crow&rsquo;s private jet.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Wyden continued, &ldquo;I am deeply concerned that Mr. Crow may have been showering a public official with extravagant gifts, then writing off those gifts to lower his tax bill.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The latest report comes after Thomas had initially come under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3000689\/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-calls-out-detractors-targeting-his-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fire<\/a> last year for not reporting trips and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3031453\/clarence-thomas-far-more-gifts-last-20-years-watchdog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>&ldquo;gifts&rdquo;<\/a> from Crow and other conservative donors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following the backlash in 2023, Thomas released a statement saying he was not aware he had to report the personal gifts and promised to comply with new guidelines adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, the policymaking body for the federal courts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., left, listens during a news conference with survivors of abused and neglected youth at residential treatment facilities (RTFs) and advocates, on the need for Congress to act to protect children and reform RTFs, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mariam Zuhaib)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-democratic-mayor-agrees-to-pay-more-than-22k-for-ethics-violations\/\" title=\"San Francisco Democratic Mayor Agrees To Pay More Than K For Ethics Violations\">close personal friends<\/a>, who did not have business before the court, was not reportable,&rdquo; Thomas said last April. &ldquo;I have endeavored to follow that counsel throughout my tenure, and have always sought to comply with the disclosure guidelines.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have made a push for major Supreme Court reforms, including a &ldquo;binding&rdquo; code of ethics, including Biden&rsquo;s comprehensive plan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2024\/07\/29\/joe-biden-reform-supreme-court-presidential-immunity-plan-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he announced last week<\/a>. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) derided the Democratic president&rsquo;s ambitious plans as &ldquo;dead on arrival,&rdquo; while Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenCapito\/status\/1818306452131332454\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> Fox News that Biden&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-promise-to-save-democracy-by-destroying-scotus\/\" title=\"Dems Promise To Save &#039;Democracy&#039; By Destroying SCOTUS\">court packing&#038;rdquo<\/a>; plans smacked &ldquo;of arrogance.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden-Harris administration didn&rsquo;t like how some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SCOTUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SCOTUS<\/a> cases were decided, so their solution is to change the rules. <\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s not strengthening democracy or protecting the rule of law. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mhcEBPzzUO\">pic.twitter.com\/mhcEBPzzUO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shelley Moore Capito (@SenCapito) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenCapito\/status\/1818306452131332454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As the Left continues to criticize Thomas and other conservative Supreme Court justices, Republicans have maintained that Democrats&rsquo; ire is politically motivated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas stands onstage after addressing the Federalist Society&rsquo;s National Lawyers Convention dinner at National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, MD, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. The convention is dedicated to the legacy of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia who died Feb 13, 2016. (AP Photo\/Cliff Owen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his letter, Wyden asked Crow&rsquo;s lawyer to supply more information about the financial relationship between Crow and Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>However, a spokesman for Crow said his lawyers had &ldquo;already addressed Senator Wyden&rsquo;s inquiries, which have no legal basis and are only intended to harass a private citizen.&rdquo; They also accused Wyden of a politically motivated effort to undermine the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1716990\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1716990\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has accused Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of not disclosing more private flights provided by GOP donor Harlan Crow. On Monday, Wyden revealed that Crow arranged a round trip for Thomas and his wife from Hawaii to New Zealand in November 2010. He also expressed concern about other trips taken by Thomas with Crow to Greece, Russia, and the Baltics that were not included in the justice&#8217;s financial disclosures. In a letter to Crow&#8217;s attorney, Wyden stated that &#8220;Justice Thomas has never reported this private jet travel on any financial disclosure forms,&#8221; despite having amended disclosures for other international trips on Crow\u2019s jet. Wyden raised alarms about the possibility of Crow giving lavish gifts to a public official while using them as tax deductions.<\/p>\n<p>This revelation follows previous scrutiny faced by Thomas last year regarding undisclosed trips and gifts from Crow and other conservative donors. After backlash in 2023, Thomas claimed he was unaware of the need to report personal gifts and pledged to adhere to new guidelines set forth by the Judicial Conference of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Thomas explained that he had sought advice early in his tenure at the court regarding such hospitality from close friends without business before the court and was told it did not require reporting. He asserted his commitment to following this guidance throughout his time on the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are advocating for significant reforms within the Supreme Court, including establishing a binding code of ethics as part of President Biden\u2019s comprehensive plan announced recently. However, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) dismissed these proposals as &#8220;dead on arrival,&#8221; while Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) criticized Biden\u2019s plans as arrogant attempts at &#8220;court packing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As criticism against Justice Thomas continues from left-leaning factions, Republicans argue that such attacks are politically motivated. In response to Wyden&#8217;s inquiries about their financial relationship, a spokesperson for Harlan Crow stated that their legal team had already addressed these questions and accused Wyden of attempting to harass a private citizen with no legal basis for his claims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2319756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Clarence-Thomas.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[34632,34593,37290,37289,32076],"class_list":["post-2319755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-clarence-thomas","tag-democratic-senator","tag-gop-donor","tag-private-flights","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Clarence-Thomas.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2319755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2319756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2319755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2319755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2319755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}