Justices report gifted luxury items, including Beyonce tickets, in financial disclosures

Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson were gifted thousands of dollars in luxury items, according to financial disclosure reports released Friday.

Eight of the nine justices turned in their latest disclosure reports on time, but Justice Samuel Alito requested a 90-day extension on his file. The documents included money the justices independently earned from book royalties, along with the financial worth of some expensive items that were gifted to them. The filings are required by the Ethics and Government Act of 1978.

Thomas's luxury items included two trips he took in 2019 but omitted in other filings. The trips were funded by billionaire Harlan Crow, and included vacations in Bali, Indonesia and the Bohemian Grove club in California.

Jackson was also gifted luxury items, including four tickets to see Beyonce while she was on tour. It is not clear which concert of Beyonce's Jackson attended, but Beyonce was recently on her Renaissance tour, which included a stop outside of Washington D.C., according to The Hill. The tickets, which were given to Jackson by the star herself, had a net worth of $3,117. 

“Justice Jackson is crazy in love with Beyonce’s music. Who isn’t?” Supreme Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe said, according to the Washington Times.

Jackson also noted that she was gifted art pieces for her office by two artists, which were worth $12,500. 

The report comes after Jackson received $6,500 in free clothing from a magazine shoot last year, and a $1,200 flower display from Oprah.

Jackson and fellow Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Sonia Sotomayor, and Neil Gorsuch received thousands of dollars from book royalties, but Jackson brought in the most, earning $893,750 from Penguin Random House.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just the News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.