After public criticism of private travel at the expense of a conservative billionaire, influential US judge Clarence Thomas has presented an accountability report. In the report released by the Supreme Court on Thursday, he disclosed flights on a plane owned by real estate mogul Harlan Crow and hotel bookings at his expense – and justified it by saying he had been advised not to fly on scheduled flights for safety reasons. .
According to the arch-conservative judge’s report, the background is his negative attitude towards abortion law and the reaction of violent leftists.
Politically on the right
At the Supreme Court, whose nine justices are appointed for life and make rulings that are groundbreaking in socio-political terms, Thomas is considered a voice of the far right. Especially when it comes to controversial issues that touch on Christian values and polarize people in a similar way, such as the right to abortion, he usually takes strictly conservative positions.
The criticism of luxury travel grew louder and louder
The 75-year-old was all the more criticized when reports of donated travel and accepting other favors became public in the spring. For years, according to research from ProPublica, Thomas’s luxury trips were funded by Harlan Crow, a major donor to conservative projects.
As an example, ProPublica mentioned a trip to Indonesia in 2019 that allowed Thomas and his wife to use Ginni Crow’s yacht and private jet. The fact that the judge remained silent for a long time and did not take a position made the criticism all the louder.
Source: Krone
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