Supreme Court Clarence Thomas appears to have more than one Texan billionaire benefactor.
In addition to real estate developer Harlan Crow, Dallas Cowboys owner — and some say NFL shadow commissioner — Jerry Jones has also been connected with the conservative justice, the New York Times reported.
Thomas, according to reporting by Pro Publica, cruised the world together for nearly 30 years. But Thomas did not disclose rides aboard the Bombardier Global 5000 private jet or the 162-foot superyacht. He also didn’t disclose the trips to Bohemian Grove, the volcanic archipelago in Indonesia or the private resort in the Adirondacks. Thomas didn’t pay for them, either.
The justice has also flown on Jones’s private jet, received a Super Bowl ring from Jones, and sat in the owner’s box when the Cowboys — Thomas’ favorite football team — played the Washington Football Club, the Times reported.
Meanwhile, in addition to the Cowboys, Jones is also owner of investment and development firm Blue Star Land, which recently started construction on a 638,000-square-foot industrial center at a 120-acre site in Waxahachie.
Blue Star Land is best known for the Dallas Cowboys’ $1.5 billion Star development in Frisco but has been busy with investment and development projects across Dallas-Fort Worth. The company is entrenched north of Dallas in Prosper with the 500-acre Gates of Prosper project, which will be the largest mixed-use development in the suburb. The firm is also planning 500 apartments, retail and a park at another Prosper site.
