Justice Clarence Thomas has come under scrutiny after it was revealed that he accepted private jet trips and gifts from a Republican megadonor, Harlan Crow. Thomas disclosed that Crow paid for private transportation for him in 2022 to attend a speech in Texas and a vacation at Crow's New York estate. Thomas claimed that he took the private flights due to security risks following the leak of the Dobbs opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. Financial disclosure forms also revealed a real estate deal between Thomas and Crow in 2014. This comes after Thomas has faced criticism for failing to disclose luxury trips, real estate transactions, and other gifts funded by wealthy friends. Thomas has maintained that there were no willful ethics transgressions and that prior reporting errors were inadvertent. ProPublica was the first to report Thomas' friendship with Crow and the extent of their travel. Thomas acknowledged the friendship but stated that Crow did not have business before the court. He noted that he had not disclosed the travel in the past because he was advised at the time that he did not have to report it.