US Supreme Court's Thomas will not be referred to Justice Department, judiciary says

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US Supreme Court's Thomas will not be referred to Justice Department, judiciary says

Nate Raymond
Thu, January 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM EST
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By Nate Raymond

(Reuters) -A judicial policymaking body on Thursday rejected a request by Democratic lawmakers to refer conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to the Department of Justice to examine claims that he failed to disclose gifts and travel provided by a wealthy benefactor.

The secretary to the U.S. Judicial Conference, the federal judiciary's top policymaking body, in a pair of letters, cited amendments Thomas had made to his annual financial disclosure reports that addressed several issues raised by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Hank Johnson.

It also in a separate letter declined to refer liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Justice Department based on claims by a conservative group that she failed to disclose the source of her husband’s consulting income. Jackson has since amended her disclosures, the letter noted.

The Democratic lawmakers had made their request in an April 2023 letter following reports by ProPublica and others that Thomas, a member of the Supreme Court's 6-3 conservative majority, had not reported gifts including luxury travel from wealthy Texas businessman and Republican donor Harlan Crow.

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