Report raises questions about Clarence Thomas' travel with GOP donor
MOTIVATOR FOR THEM WHEN THEY’RE THINKING ABOUT GETTING TO THE POLLS. >> NANCY, I WANT TO GET YOUR VIEW ON THIS. NEW DETAILS, REALLY, FROM THE LEFT-LEANING PUBLICATION, PRO- PUBLICCA. AND IT SAYS THOMAS CLARENCE, REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVE, AND REPORTINGS THAT HE RECEIVED GIFTS FOR TWO DECADES AND DID NOT DISCLOSE THEM. DEMOCRATS ARE RENEWING CALLS TO IMPEACH OVER THERE. >> THE REPORT BY PRO-PUBLICCA OUTLINES LUXURY TRIPS THAT THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS HAS TAKEN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WITH A HIGH- POWERED, HIGH-DOLLAR GOP MEGA DONOR. AND THEY HAVE A FRIENDSHIP THAT STRETCHES BACK FOR DECADES. THAT’S BEEN
KNOWN. IT’S NOT A SURPRISE. THE BUT REALLY EYE-OPENING NUMBERS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PRO PUBLICCA WILL REPORT, TRIPS ON A YACHT. TRIPS THAT WOULD COST OVER A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IF YOU HAD TO PAY FOR THEM FOR THE FLIGHTS AND YACHTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THOSE WERE NOT DISCLOSED ON THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE’S ANNUAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS. WHETHER THIS GETS MURKY IS WHETHER HE’S REQUIRED TO REPORT THOSE. THE SUPREME COURT RULES HAVE RECENTLY CHANGED. WHEN IT COMES TO NOT JUST THE RECEIPT OF ACTUAL GIFTS. BUT HOSPITALITY. SOMEONE’S OFFER TO ALLOW YOU TO FLY ON
THEIR JET OR RIDE ON THEIRUATE. WHETHER HE BROKE HARD AND FAST TKHRAOULS OR IF HE TOOK THE GIFTS FROM SOMEONE WHO ACKNOWLEDGES THEY OFFERED THIS HOSPITALITY ON A