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Justin Elliott

Justin Elliott

Justin Elliott has been a reporter with ProPublica since 2012, where he covers business and politics. In recent years, he was on the team of reporters documenting how the rich avoid taxes for “The Secret IRS Files” series. He co-wrote the story revealing tech mogul Peter Thiel’s multibillion-dollar Roth IRA. Previously, his work on TurboTax-maker Intuit’s misleading marketing tactics led to a settlement that delivered $141 million back to consumers. He has produced stories for outlets including The New York Times and NPR, and his work has spurred congressional investigations and changes to federal legislation. He has won numerous awards, including a Gerald Loeb Award for business journalism, the Selden Ring Award, an Investigative Reporters and Editors award for a series on the American Red Cross and, with the “Trump, Inc.” podcast team, a duPont-Columbia Award. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Brown University in history and classics.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury trips from a billionaire for more than 20 years without disclosing them on financial reporting forms. He's seen here seated next to his wife and conservative activist Virginia "Ginni" Thomas while he waits to speak at the Heritage Foundation on Oct. 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Clarence Thomas secretly accepted luxury trips from a billionaire GOP donor

By: , and - April 6, 2023

In late June 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion of the term, Justice Clarence Thomas boarded a large private jet headed to Indonesia. He and his wife were going on vacation: nine days of island-hopping in a volcanic archipelago on a super yacht staffed by a coterie of attendants and […]