Clarence Thomas' Controversial "Family Trips" with GOP Megadonor

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged accepting luxury travel from billionaire Republican megadonor Harlan Crow and defended his failure to disclose them. Seven legal ethics experts consulted by ProPublica said the law clearly requires that gifts of transportation, including private jet flights, be disclosed. Thomas’ statement did not dispute ProPublica’s reporting about his trips and did not address broader criticisms from ethics experts and other judges that by repeatedly accepting such trips, he broke long-standing ethical norms for judges’ conduct.