Judges Thomas and Alito delay release of financial disclosures

Judge Clarence Thomas delayed releasing his annual financial disclosure form with the judges on Wednesday after recent revelations scrutinized his travel, gifts and real estate dealings with a conservative Texas billionaire donor.

Like Judge Thomas, Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. asked. to request a 90-day extension for filing the forms, which describe gifts, investments and other financial assets, according to the U.S. Courts Administration, which handles the financial forms and the database where they are made public.

The financial disclosures, particularly those of Judge Thomas, have sparked heightened interest following reports that Harlan Crow, a Texas billionaire and longtime Republican donor, had hosted Judge Thomas on luxury vacations aboard his superyacht, had him on his private jet. flown and had paid private tuition. for the nephew of the judiciary. According to ProPublica, Mr. Crow also bought the Justice’s childhood home, where his mother still lives. Judge Thomas did not include those transactions in his financial disclosures.