Alito, Thomas release financial disclosure statements after extensions, amid justice ethics concerns – By Joseph Weber (Just the News) / Aug 31, 2023
The 75-year-old justice said he was complying with new guidelines from the federal judiciary for reporting travel
Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito on Thursday released their required, annual financial disclosure statements – amid increasing public concern about the potential influence of gifts and travel from wealth friends and other questionable activities.
Justices file their financial forms each spring, with most being released in early June. But Alito and Thomas requested 90-day extensions, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, and as reported by The New York Times.
Thomas in his statement acknowledged having taken three trips last year in which the flights were aboard a private plane owned by GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow.
He said one was flight was after being advised following the the high-court’s 2022 decision on abortion not to fly commercial.
