Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has disclosed for the first time that his 2019 trips to Bali and a private club in California were financed by his friend and benefactor, Texas billionaire Harlan Crow. This information was revealed in financial disclosures released on Friday for eight of the nine justices.
The annualreports,covering activity in 2023, also indicate that three justices — Brett M. Kavanaugh, Neil M. Gorsuch, and Ketanji Brown Jackson — received six-figure book payments.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. has been granted an extension to file his report,a common occurrence in past years. The court is currently scrutinizing the travel and financial activities of its justices, with Justice Thomas’s 2019 trips now under particular focus.