Press Release: Evidence Suggests Justice Thomas Flouted Federal Ethics Law
He Correctly Filled Out Federal Disclosure Forms for Five Years Before he Stopped, Citing Misunderstood Instructions
For Immediate Release
September 30, 2011
Contact: Blair FitzGibbon
202-503-6141
Washington, DC – Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas flouted federal law by deliberately withholding information about his wife’s sources of income from a disclosure form required of all judges, Common Cause said today. The statement comes on the heels of a new request made Thursday by 20 House Democrats requesting a federal investigation into whether Thomas broke federal disclosure laws.