Clarence Thomas didn't repay $267K luxury RV loan: Senate committee
Clarence Thomas didn't repay $267K luxury RV loan: Senate committee
Clarence Thomas never repaid a millionaire friend’s $267,000 loan which the Supreme Court justice used to buy a 40-foot luxury motorcoach, Senate investigators announced Wednesday.Healthcare magnate Anthony Welters told the Senate Finance Committee he forgave the RV loan after five years of receivin...
Clarence Thomas never repaid a millionaire friend’s $267,000 loan which the Supreme Court justice used to buy a 40-foot luxury motorcoach, Senate investigators announced Wednesday.
Healthcare magnate Anthony Welters told the Senate Finance Committee he forgave the RV loan after five years of receiving payments on the interest but not the principal, the report states.
“Now we know that Justice Thomas had up to $267,230 in debt forgiven and never reported it on his ethics forms,” Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, (D-OR) said in a statement.
Wyden called on Thomas to specify exactly how much of the debt he paid and whether the loan was reported on tax returns.
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They should heavily fine the person who paid Thomas and Jail Thomas.
Should stop people from bribing public officials
I will say this every time:
If the punishment is a fine, it's only illegal for poor people.
Fines should scale with networth. I think a country or two in the UK do that, and someone got like a $100k speeding ticket.
I think you mean a country in Europe.
The UK is a country, and
countries don't have countriesin them*. As a side note to add, the UK is in Europe, but not in the EU.* looks like I was wrong. Normally countries don't have countries in them - but the UK does!
Don't tell that to Scottish and Welsh people.
Which aren't countries anymore, but maybe not for much longer. The semi-united kingdom.
You tell that to them and see if they agree with you.
I'm sure they would agree that they don't want to be part of the UK for much longer, yes.
What's your point?
No. They have called themselves countries for centuries.
Wikipedia thinks they're countries too, by the way. Read the very first sentence.
What they want to call themselves is irrelevant.
Although the United Kingdom is a sovereign country, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are also widely referred to as countries.[37] The UK Prime Minister's website has used the phrase "countries within a country" to describe the United Kingdom.[16] Some statistical summaries, such as those for the twelve NUTS 1 regions refer to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as "regions".[38] Northern Ireland is also referred to as a "province".[39] With regard to Northern Ireland, the descriptive name used "can be controversial, with the choice often revealing one's political preferences".
However, what the UK calls them IS relevant, and it seems I am quite wrong - they are countries in a country... in a way.
There’s only one solution for this level of corruption.
Which is?
Due process.
And if the government law enforcement refuses to prosecute, well, there might be a trial like the one Scarecrow held in whichever Batman movie that was.
There's no due process for ethical violations in the SC because they don't have a code of ethics that they have to abide by.
The worst that's going to happen here is he might have to pay a bit of back taxes, but I doubt even that will happen.
You spelled death wrong
There's a special place in hell for those that take a position to represent others before selling those you're supposed to represent down the river for your own personal enrichment.
No - representing those that are bribing you doesn't count.
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Oh, sweet summer child...if you think that's all he's done lol
Someone in a position of immense power and trust who acts in bad faith multiple times deserves no less and to serve as an example to the rest of these fucks. And do you have a $250k creditcard and then have them forgive you for maxing it out?
This is bribery clear as day
You know bribery is legal in the USA, right? They call it "lobbying"