New Supreme Court financial disclosures reveal details about Beyoncé tickets, book advances, and Bali trip.
- On Friday, a report was released revealing that Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received concert tickets from pop superstar Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.
- Nearly $900,000 in book advance was received by Jackson, according to the filing.
- Justice Clarence Thomas updated his 2019 disclosure report to include payments he made from Republican donor Harlan Crow, including a trip to Bali and Indonesia.
- Thomas received a gift of two photo albums worth $2,000 from Terrence Giroux, the leader of the nonprofit Horatio Alger Association, and his wife Barbara.
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter gifted Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson with concert tickets, among other notable items disclosed in the high court's latest financial reports.
According to her annual disclosure form, Jackson valued the four tickets at $3,711.84 in 2023.
In August 2023, a sold-out show was held in the Washington D.C. area, and it's unclear whether Jackson or her family attended.
Vice President Kamala Harris attended the Renaissance Tour concert and later disclosed a gift of tickets from Knowles-Carter, valued at $3,312.00.
Last year, the most powerful court in the nation received more than just Beyoncé tickets as gifts.
In addition to the $12,500 worth of art, Jackson also revealed two gifts to be hung in her chambers.
Last year, the most recent justice to join the high court revealed more income from a book than any of her colleagues, according to filings.
Penguin Random House has given Jackson a $893,750 book advance for her memoir "Lovely One," which will be published in September. Biden nominated Jackson as the only justice on the court.
Barbara and Terrence Giroux, the leader of the nonprofit Horatio Alger Association, gave Justice Clarence Thomas two photo albums worth $2,000 as a gift.
Thomas updated his 2019 disclosure report to reveal two trips he took as a guest of Harlan Crow, the Republican megadonor whose luxury trips with Thomas sparked an ethics scandal last year.
Thomas' amendments stated that the trips were "unintentionally left out when filing" his 2019 report.
Crow provided him with food and lodging at a hotel in Bali, Indonesia, and a private club in Monte Rio, California, in July 2019.
Javelin Group and Regnery Publishing paid Justice Brett Kavanaugh $340,000 in book royalties.
Kavanaugh is writing a "legal memoir" after facing a contentious confirmation process following allegations of sexual assault in high school.
In August, HarperCollins Publishers will release "Over Ruled," and Justice Neil Gorsuch will disclose $250,000 in royalty income from the book.
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