Clarence Thomas took more undisclosed trips paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, Senate committee chair says

• Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas omitted at least three trips gifted by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow from his financial disclosures, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said.
• Durbin's office obtained the information through a subpoena for Crow that the Judiciary panel authorized as part of an ethics probe of the court.
• Thomas recently amended a prior financial disclosure to include trips to Indonesia, and California that he had accepted from Crow and without disclosing at the time.
• Crow's office said it struck a deal to give the committee seven years of information — in exchange for the panel dropping its investigation into the real estate magnate.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has omitted at least three private jet trips gifted by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow from his annual financial disclosures, a top Senate Democrat alleged Thursday.

Those trips included private flights in 2017, 2019 and 2021 that Thomas failed to disclose, according to Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin of Illinois.

Durbin's office said it obtained documents revealing the trips as a result of the Judiciary panel authorizing a subpoena for Crow in November as part of an ethics probe of the Supreme Court.

Crow's office told CNBC that it struck an agreement to provide the committee with relevant information stretching back seven years — in exchange for the panel dropping its investigation into the real estate magnate.

"Despite his serious and continued concerns about the legality and necessity of the inquiry, Mr. Crow engaged in good faith negotiations with the Committee from the beginning to resolve the matter," his office said in a statement.

The documents revealed a private flight in May 5, 2017,