Overview

• Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas faced financial scrutiny following reports of his private conversations in 2000 about the need for a salary increase for Supreme Court justices.
• Thomas reportedly told a Republican lawmaker that if salaries were not increased, one or more justices would resign soon.
• Around the same time, Thomas discussed removing a longstanding ban on justices giving paid speeches.
• Thomas, who was hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt at the time, later received a stream of gifts from wealthy benefactors, including free international vacations.
• Thomas is also facing calls for recusal from the election interference case of former President Donald Trump due to his wife's reported efforts to challenge the 2020 election results.