Democrat Dick Durbin announces failure of supreme court justice to disclose travel paid for by billionaire benefactor

Democrat Dick Durbin announces failure of supreme court justice to disclose travel paid for by billionaire benefactor

The US supreme court justice Clarence Thomas took at least three additional trips funded by the billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow that the conservative justice failed to disclose, the chair of the Senate judiciary committee said on Thursday.

Crow, a Texas businessman and Republican donor, disclosed details about the justice’s travel between 2017 and 2021 in response to a judiciary committee vote last November to authorize subpoenas to Crow and another influential conservative, according to the committee chair, Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat representing Illinois.

“The Senate judiciary committee’s investigation into the supreme court’s ethical crisis is producing new information – like what we’ve revealed [on Thursday] – and makes it crystal clear that the highest court needs an enforceable code of conduct, because its members continue to choose not to meet the moment,” Durbin said.

A supreme court spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did a lawyer for Crow.

    • CatZoomies@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Laughs in almost 300 Trump golf days at the expense of taxpayer money, costing upwards of $142 million

      Trump:

      Those are rookie numbers. You have to - and I mean this, really I do - you have to pump those numbers up. This is what real Americans are all about, is the freedom for us to rest. Ben Gazi, Sleepy Joe, they don’t know that. It’s such a shame. Tragic, really. And I have to tell you fine folks, if you don’t pump those vacation numbers up, and I do just that, by the way. I was talking to my friend, let’s just call him Vlad, so I says - and you won’t believe this - I says, “What does it take to game better at golf?” And he turns to me and goes, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” And he didn’t know either! Hardly anyone knows how to vacation better than me, I guess I’ve just got a smart— * Gestures vaguely at head * — you know what. And see, this is what real Americans are all about. I golf. Don’t we all want beachfront property? Look, you can ask scientists and they’ll tell you, just as I’m telling you now, that the election was stolen. So I golfed? Who wouldn’t? It’s the only way to, and really I mean this - it’s just tragic. Sad day in America, real sad. But they don’t know that. We just have to take it all back, and stand up for our freedoms, isn’t that right? I’d think so. Make sure to vote them out, and on uh September Firth, make your voice heard. Sleepy Vlad? He’s fake news, always has been. Doesn’t know what’s golfing on, and no one - and I mean that - no one knows more about tennis than I do.