Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas pushed back Friday against criticism after a report revealed he had secretly accepted lavish trips funded by a GOP donor over the past two decades but had failed to report them, a possible violation of federal law. In a statement, Thomas acknowledged that he and his wife, Ginni Thomas, had joined billionaire GOP megadonor Harlan Crow and his wife Kathy on a number of “family trips” during the more than a quarter century they have known them. He described the couple as “among our dearest friends.” “Early in my tenure at the court, I sought guidance from my colleagues and others in the judiciary, and was advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the court, was not reportable,” Thomas said. “I have endeavored to follow that counsel throughout my tenure and have always sought to comply with the disclosure guidelines,” he said. Read the story here https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-153855948.html