Justice Thomas’s Travels Highlight Gaps in Disclosure Rules (1)

In 2019, US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas publicly disclosed five trips that were paid for by someone else: a series of teaching and speaking engagements at US law schools and colleges. He reported receiving no gifts.

That version of Thomas’s travel itinerary didn’t include a June 2019 trip revealed this week by the investigative journalism outlet ProPublica: a nine-day vacation to Indonesia that included a flight on a private jet and a stay on a super yacht, both owned by billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow.

Clarence Thomas

Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg

The contrast between Thomas’s reported and unreported activities in 2019 highlights ...