Senate Committee Discloses More Free Trips Taken by Justice Thomas

The new information was provided by GOP donor Harlan Crow who was under a subpoena in a congressional investigation.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) questions a nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, in Washington on Sept. 11, 2019. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

The Senate Judiciary Committee on June 13 released new information about flights and excursions that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took for which Republican donor Harlan Crow paid.

Justice Thomas previously said he was advised by colleagues that “this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends … was not reportable.”