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In June 2024, Thomas filed an amendment to his financial disclosure report for 2019 to include information he had "inadvertently omitted". The amendment disclosed that he had received food and lodging at a hotel in Bali and a private club in California from Harlan Crow in July 2019.<ref name="FreeTrip">{{cite news |last1=Kaplan |first1=Joshua |last2=Elliott |first2=Justin |last3=Mierjeski |first3=Alex |date=June 7, 2024 |title=Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-gift-disclosures-harlan-crow |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607174614/https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-gift-disclosures-harlan-crow |archive-date=June 7, 2024 |access-date=June 7, 2024 |work=[[ProPublica]] }}</ref><ref name="room+board">{{cite news |last1=Marimow |first1=Ann E. |last2=Jouvenal |first2=Justin |last3=Raji |first3=Tobi |date=June 7, 2024 |title=Justice Thomas discloses two 2019 trips paid for by Harlan Crow |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/07/supreme-court-financial-disclosures-gifts-thomas/ |access-date=June 8, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> He did not report travel to and from the destinations on private jets or the nine-day cruise on Crow's [[superyacht]].<ref name="FreeTrip" /><ref name="room+board" />
In 2023, both the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Finance Committee opened investigations into Thomas's undisclosed gifts.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-13 |title=Justice Clarence Thomas took more trips paid for by donor Harlan Crow, Senate panel reveals |url=https://apnews.com/article/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-senate-harlan-crow-f538d244f148065de8c52fb13e2f9853 |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pfeiffer |first=Sacha |date=July 12, 2024 |title=Wyden is 1 of 2 Democratic senators who want DOJ to investigate Justice Thomas |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/12/nx-s1-5035043/wyden-is-1-of-2-democratic-senators-who-want-doj-to-investigate-justice-thomas |access-date=August 9, 2024 |website=NPR}}</ref> The two committees found additional undisclosed travel on Crow's private jet and superyacht, including international trips in 2010 and domestic trips in 2017, 2019, and 2021.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=VanSickle |first=Abbie |date=2024-08-05 |title=Justice Thomas Failed to Reveal More Private Flights, Senator Says |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/05/us/politics/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-jet.html |access-date=2024-08-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 2023, in response to Thomas's nondisclosures, Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats called on Chief Justice Roberts to open an investigation into Thomas's conduct.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-10 |title=Senate Democrats call on Chief Justice Roberts to investigate Thomas' undisclosed trips |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-call-john-roberts-probe-thomas-undisclosed-travel-rcna79048 |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> On December 21, 2024, Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee released a report. It revealed that Thomas had taken an additional two trips in 2021 paid for by Harlan Crow.<ref name="NYT12212024">{{Cite web |date=2024-12-21 |title=Justice Thomas Did Not Disclose Additional Trips, Democrats Say |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/us/politics/clarence-thomas-trips-disclosure-investigation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jE4.10s5.7d9TAQkmm3bP&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&tgrp=on |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=NY Times |language=en}}</ref>
[[Fix the Court]] released an analysis showing that, over the 20 years beginning in 2004, Thomas had accepted gifts worth $4.2 million, based on reporting by ProPublica and others.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Reichmann |first=Kelsey |date=2024-06-06 |title=Justices' gifts add up: Report reveals $3 million in handouts |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/justices-gifts-add-up-new-report-reveals-3-million-in-handouts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606205429/https://www.courthousenews.com/justices-gifts-add-up-new-report-reveals-3-million-in-handouts/ |archive-date=June 6, 2024 |access-date=2024-06-07 |work=[[Courthouse News Service]] }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last1=Cortés |first1=Gabriel |last2=Breuninger |first2=Kevin |date=2024-06-06 |title=Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted gifts worth millions of dollars over 20 years, analysis finds |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/06/supreme-court-justices-millions-dollars-gifts-clarence-thomas.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607053727/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/06/supreme-court-justices-millions-dollars-gifts-clarence-thomas.html |archive-date=June 7, 2024 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=[[CNBC]] |language=en }}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Totenberg |first=Nina |date=July 6, 2024 |title=Supreme Court's Roberts turns court to the right as Barrett emerges as a key player |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/02/nx-s1-5026959/supreme-court-term |work=NPR |quote=}}</ref> It estimated that over the same 20 years, the other eight justices plus the eight retired or deceased justices received gifts worth roughly $600,000 combined.<ref name=":5" />
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