because the grandnephew didn t qualify as a legal dependent. but a few years earlier, thomas did report tuition help from another friend. these arguments that the child was not a dependent are beside the point. this tuition payment was a gift to justice thomas. he has a legal obligation to disclose. he s disclosed tuition payments before. he needed to do it again here. reporter: harlan crow s office told cnn that he and his wife help many young people with tuition and it s disappointing that those with partisan political interests would try to turn helping at-risk youth with tuition assistance into something nefarious or political. previously, propublica reported that justice thomas and his wife, ginny, accepted luxury travel and gifts from harlan crow for decades. and that in 2014, thomas sold three of his family s georgia properties to crow. thomas didn t disclose the real estate deal and most of the travel in filings. thomas responded that he was advised he didn t have to repo
time, but now my source says he s decided he is going to disclose here. that s fascinating is that him? acknowledging a mistake is that your reading? here s what the source said. he said that thomas didn t think he had to disclose and here s why he and jenny put in between 50 and $70,000 into his mother s home before the sale when the sale occurred. his share was only $44,000. so he figured that since there was a loss for him, it didn t have to go into the investment section of these finance. disclosure forms. my source said that thomas himself fills out these forms with the help of some aids, but it is clear from the forms that you do have to list a transaction. irrespective of whether or not there was a profit. crow told us last week that he did this because he wants to one day build a museum for clarence thomas. and we did also learned this one new detail
normal to me about it. but in reality, according to propublica , this is where thomas sometimes stayed. a stone lodge on the water in the adirondacks in upstate new york, owned by harlan crow. with the exception of one trip in 1997, propublica says thomas didn t disclose any of these trips on ethics filings , thomas issued a statement saying he was advised he didn t have to report them. but watchdog groups say some laws and ethics rules were likely broken. here is this billionaire who s got lots of rich friends and can court the justice and bring his friends who are ceo to potentially influence the justice with his lavish gifts and trips and other benefits? now will the supreme court investigate or discipline clarence thomas in any way? chief justice john roberts did not respond to cnn s request for comment. in a statement to propublica, harlan crow, said, quote justice thomas and ginny thomas never asked for any of this hospitality. we never asked about a pending or lower court case,
like a billionaire for a public servant, with the exception of one trip on crow s jet in 1997, according to propublica. thomas didn t disclose any of these trips on required filings. watchdog groups say that could violate some laws and ethics rules. here is this billionaire who s got lots of rich friends. and can court the justice and bring his friends who are ceo to potentially influenced the justice with his lavish gifts and trips and other benefits. will the supreme court investigate or discipline justice thomas in any way? chief justice john roberts did not respond to cnn s request for comment. harlan crow sent a statement to propublica saying quote justice thomas and jenny thomas never asked for any of this hospitality and quote. we never asked about any pending or lower court case, and justice thomas has never discussed one. end quote brian todd, cnn washington all right here now to talk through a lot of this. cnn political analyst julien zeltser
a bank of america company. welcome back to way too early. ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas was on capitol hill yesterday for an in person interview with the house select committee investigating january 6th. she spoke with members of panel behind closed doors for about 3 1/2 hours. thomas didn t answer any questions from reporters. but here s what chairman bennie thompson said about the interview.