Justice Thomas had left out two trips in 2019.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has filed an amended financial disclosure that includes two trips he was gifted.
Justice Thomas, an appointee of former President George H. W. Bush, said in his 2023 disclosure that he “inadvertently omitted” the trips, paid for by billionaire Harlan Crow, on his report for 2019.
The new disclosure, dated March 15 and made public on Friday, lists one trip on July 12, 2019, to Bali, Indonesia.
The other trip was from July 18 to July 21, 2019. The location was Monte Rio, California.
A lawyer for Justice Thomas had said in 2023 that critics were wrong when they asserted the justice had failed to report all the gifts he received on his disclosures.
Justice Thomas reported only one gift for 2023. He said he received two photo albums worth about $2,000.
Eight of the nine Supreme Court justices filed disclosures for 2023; Justice Samuel Alito, an appointee of former George W. Bush, received an extension.
Reimbursements
Justices collectively reported being reimbursed in full or part for nearly 20 trips, including some overseas.
Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, appointees of former President Donald Trump, reported five trips each. Three of Justice Gorsuch’s trips were for meetings for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s board of trustees, on which he sits. He also took a trip to make a speech to the Federalist Society and traveled to Portugal for an educational program run by George Mason University, where he teaches.
Justice Barrett’s travel includes a trip to address Harvard University’s alumni conference and a trip to lecture at the University of Minnesota.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, reported reimbursements from the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation for a trip to present an award and from the Harvard University Law School for a trip to judge a competition and visit with students.
Justice Elena Kagan, another appointee of President Obama, reported being reimbursed for going to Notre Dame Law School to deliver a speech. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, an appointee of former President Trump, was reimbursed for two trips managed by the University of Notre Dame Law School, which employs him.
