WASHINGTON - US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas defended himself on Friday over accusations that he accepted years of luxury travel trips from a Republican billionaire, saying that it was “personal hospitality” that did not need to be registered.
Justice Thomas, 74, the longest-serving justice on the court, went on one trip to Indonesia that would alone have cost US$500,000 , it calculated. The guidelines were currently being changed “and, it is, of course, my intent to follow this guidance in the future,” he added. Mr Crow told ProPublica on Thursday that he often hosted “dear friends,” and that the two had never discussed pending cases.
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