Welch: With the Pressure from the Judiciary Committee Is that Justice Thomas Is Starting to Disclose These Trips

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WELCH: "I bet we will find out a lot more in the future. What we are finding out is that Justice Thomas took yacht vacations in the Pacific, took private jet flights to and from wherever he was going. He didn’t report those and initially the view was that they don’t have to report. In the Supreme Court they are the only nine justices of the 850 justices that we have in the United States that really have been on — unrequired. They don’t have to report these gifts that they get. Now what ru seeing with the pressure from the Judiciary Committee is that they are starting to disclose these trips. Thomas didn’t disclose the extraordinarily expensive trips. So, the real issue here is the court is eroding it’s own credibility. My view is the justice has to make certain that the court is beyond question as to its ethics. He isn’t doing the job. You have the information about Alito, his private trip up to Alaska to go fishing. Private plane. His excuse is that if he wasn’t in that seat it would have been empty. What’s so shocking to me is when I talked to vermonters and I asked if there should be disclosure they look at me and say are you serious? How can they do that? Why is that legal? I think vermonters got it right. The justices should not be taking these trips being disclosed or not."