After the disclosures that he omitted millions of dollars in gifts from a billionaire supporter of conservative causes, and that he failed to report the highly-profitable sale of his mother’s Georgia home to the same billionaire, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s latest financial foible seems almost quaint: for nearly two decades, his disclosure statements have included income from a real estate company that closed in 2006, the Washington Post reports.
Thomas consistently reported income between $50,000 to $100,000 from Ginger, Ltd. Partnership, a Nebraska-based real estate company started by his wife, Ginni, and her family in 1980s. However, that company was dissolved in 2006 and replaced with a completely new entity, Ginger Holdings, LLC. While it could have been an innocent oversight that the company name had not been updated on forms, Thomas’s previous misstatements bring into question the legitimacy of any statement the beleaguered justice makes.
In 2011, Thomas was forced to resubmit years’ of financial statements after journalists uncovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in income his wife accrued from conservative advocacy groups. Ginni Thomas is also under fire for her role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election, having texted key figures including Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to offer advice and assistance.