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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 31, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has disclosed three trips he accepted from billionaire Harlan Crow last year, according to documents made public today, The Hill reports. Thomas has denied any wrongdoing in accepting the trips, saying he was advised they fell under a personal hospitality exception and did not need to be reported. For one of the trips, Thomas said he flew private because of security concerns following the leak of the draft abortion opinion. The new financial disclosure form also includes supplemental information about a 2014 real estate transaction with Crow, which Thomas’ attorney said was “inadvertently omitted” from past reports. In 2014, Crow bought three properties from Thomas and his family.