U.S. Supreme Court justices reported gifts including trips to a Bali hotel and free tickets to a Beyoncé concert, as well as nearly $1.6 million in book advances and royalties in 2023, in annual financial disclosure forms released on Friday. Read more.
Justice Clarence Thomas, who has come under criticism for failing to disclose gifts from businessman and Republican donor Harlan Crow, acknowledged accepting a Bali vacation and a trip to a California club, both in 2019. Thomas reported no new trips in 2023. Justice Kentaji Brown Jackson said she had received four concert tickets from Beyoncé valued at $3,711.84.
The disclosures showed the lucrative nature of book publishing for members of the nation’s highest judicial body, with the advance for Jackson’s forthcoming memoir making up the bulk of thay income at $893,750.00. Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor also reported income from book deals.
Hunter Biden and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden arrive at court, June 7, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah Beier
Hunter Biden’s criminal trial …
Hunter Biden’s daughter Naomi testified about her father’s drug treatment, as part of his defense on Friday as his criminal gun trial nears its end … Hunter Biden’s lawyers are making their case that he did not break the law when he bought the gun in 2018. On Tuesday, prosecutors in the historic trial told jurorsthatoverwhelming evidence shows that Hunter Biden lied to hide his drug addiction so he could illegally buy a gun … Witnesses for the prosecution included Hunter Biden’s sister-in-law Hallie Biden, who testifiedon Thursdaythat she found his gun and threw it away out of fear of his spiraling addiction, and Hunter Biden’s ex-girlfriend Zoe Kestan, who told jurors about his near-constant crack cocaine use at lavish hotels … Here’s alook at the charges, evidence and potential sentence if Hunter Biden is found guilty.
