WAPO: Senate Democrats find many ethical lapses by Supreme Court justices [View all]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/21/supreme-court-ethics-investigation-senate-judiciary-clarence-thomas/

A Judiciary Committee investigation in which Republicans did not participate identified jet and yacht trips not reported by Justice Clarence Thomas.

December 21, 2024 at 7:39 p.m.

By Justin Jouvenal
Supreme Court justices have regularly failed to identify conflicts of interest that require their recusal and have accepted lavish gifts without reporting them, including previously undisclosed jet and yacht travel by Clarence Thomas, according to Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

A report released Saturday after a 20-month investigation concludes that Thomas has accepted millions of dollars in gifts during his three decades on the court, including a newly discovered flight to Saranac, New York, and a yacht trip to New York City sponsored by Texas billionaire Harlan Crow in 2021.

“The number, value, and extravagance of the gifts accepted by Justice Thomas have no comparison in modern American history,” the report says. It notes that some of the individuals who gave to Thomas had business before the court.