Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday formally disclosed a 2019 trip to Indonesia paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, a vacation that was at the center of the controversy over his travel.
The trip to Bali was the focus of the original report in ProPublica last year that triggered months of headlines about posh travel accepted by justices. Though the news organization’s reporting raised awareness of the trip, Thomas did not formally disclose it on his previous reports.
Thomas’ annual financial disclosure, which would typically disclose travel, gifts and outside income for the prior year, included a note at the end listing Harlan and Kathy Crow as the source of a trip to Bali in July 2019. The couple paid for “food and lodging,” according to the report. Thomas did not place a value on the travel.
I’m beginning to think that maybe Supreme Court justices can’t be trusted to manage their finances without outside help and supervision. Perhaps any expenses need to be monitored and the sources verified, and getting money from outside needs to be prosecuted under bribery laws, independent of any “ethics” guidelines.
And are these gifts being taxed? If not, then the IRS needs to get involved. I don’t get things given to me that aren’t considered income by the tax department, except small things from family. So now we have tax evasion.
The laws are there, enforce them. These unethical fucks aren’t immune.
This is a probably the best way to remove these parasites, do them for tax evasion. I’m assuming a convicted felon cannot be a Supreme Court Justice.