SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas has received more than $4 million in gifts over the last two decades

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1 minute ago, squistion said:

Who has accepted millions is gifts from wealthy donors who have business before the court.

You hope Hunter Biden gets away with it. 

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Just now, Hardcore troubadour said:

You hope Hunter Biden gets away with it. 

Fun Fact: 

Hunter Biden is not a member of SCOTUS nor part of the Biden Administration. 

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Just now, squistion said:

Fun Fact: 

Hunter Biden is not a member of SCOTUS nor part of the Biden Administration. 

True. But you hope he gets away with it. Because you DGAF about justice or the law. He’s on your side, therefore he should be left alone.  

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1 minute ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

True. But you hope he gets away with it. Because you DGAF about justice or the law. He’s on your side, therefore he should be left alone.  

If Hunter has committed any crime, I hope he pays the full legal penalty for it. 

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5 minutes ago, squistion said:

If Hunter has committed any crime, I hope he pays the full legal penalty for it. 

 But you know he won’t, so meaningless. How about his father? 

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1 minute ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

 But you know he won’t, so meaningless. How about his father? 

They have appointed a special prosecutor. What more do you want?

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2 minutes ago, squistion said:

They have appointed a special prosecutor. What more do you want?

Yeah, he’s special. He just got busted trying to give Hunter an unprecedented plea deal and now he’s going to find out the truth. Why do you repeat so many stupid things? How does it feel to be a tool for the establishment? 

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30 minutes ago, squistion said:

It sure as hell seems it is a danger.

It's something a forming dictatorship would do.

We very close to losing our freedom with this kind of talk.

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Can you charge a sitting Justice?

 

 

The terms of the private loan were as generous as they were clear: With no money down, Justice Clarence Thomas could borrow more than a quarter of a million dollars from a wealthy friend to buy a 40-foot luxury motor coach, making annual interest-only payments for five years. Only then would the principal come due.

But despite the favorable nature of the 1999 loan and a lengthy extension to make good on his obligations, Justice Thomas failed to repay a “significant portion” — or perhaps any — of the $267,230 principal, according to a new report by Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee. Nearly nine years later, after Justice Thomas had made an unclear number of the interest payments, the outstanding debt was forgiven, an outcome with ethical and potential tax consequences for the justice.

“This was, in short, a sweetheart deal” that made no logical sense from a business perspective, Michael Hamersley, a tax lawyer who has served as a congressional expert witness, told The New York Times.

The Senate inquiry was prompted by a Times investigation published in August that revealed that Justice Thomas bought his Prevost Marathon Le Mirage XL, a brand favored by touring rock bands and the super-wealthy, with financing from Anthony Welters, a longtime friend who made his fortune in the health care industry.

In a statement to The Times this summer, Mr. Welters said the loan had been “satisfied” in 2008. He declined to answer whether that meant Justice Thomas had paid off the loan in full; nor did he respond to other basic questions about the terms. But while a number of questions remain, he gave a much fuller account to the committee, which has the authority to issue subpoenas and compel testimony.

The documents he volunteered indicate that, at the very least, Justice Thomas appears to have flouted an ethics rule requiring that he include any “discharge of indebtedness” as income on required annual financial disclosure reports. In addition, the Internal Revenue Service treats debt forgiveness as income to the borrower.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/clarence-thomas-rv-loan-senate-inquiry.html

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2 hours ago, IGotWorms said:

Can you charge a sitting Justice?

 

 

I'm sure it was just he misunderstood the disclosure forms when failing to report this too.

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3 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

I'm sure it was just he misunderstood the disclosure forms when failing to report this too.

Ah but what about the income tax forms? Because it sounds like tax evasion to me

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oh nooooooos!!!!

Is this how we try to take over the supreme court now since we can't get them appointed the official way?   

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God this guy is a dirty son of a . Whod guess the supreme Court doesn't have a code of ethics?

 

...or need one?

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41 minutes ago, squistion said:

 

I don’t see a direct link. 

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1 hour ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

I don’t see a direct link. 

It is from The Guardian.com

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Looks like the Left is going to resort to dirty tricks, gaslighting and outright lies and misinformation to get their justice on the court since they can't do it the LEGAL and OFFICIAL way.

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1 hour ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

I don’t see a direct link. 

Since when do you care about links?

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7 minutes ago, squistion said:

It is from The Guardian.com

Still not seeing it. Where’s the evidence? 

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Just now, Mike Honcho said:

You care about links!!!!!

I don’t mean that kind of link. I mean the kind that doesn’t exist when it comes to Biden and his corruption. That’s what I keep hearing. Just applying the same standard. 

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2 hours ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

I don’t mean that kind of link. I mean the kind that doesn’t exist when it comes to Biden and his corruption. That’s what I keep hearing. Just applying the same standard. 

Yeah, we figured. 

You make no sense at all. Carry on.

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5 minutes ago, squistion said:

Yeah, we figured. 

You make no sense at all. Carry on.

Sure. Sorry you have a limited vocabulary. Just so you know, some words can have dual (two) meanings. You’re welcome 

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Just now, squistion said:

 

Comic strip is all you got. 

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31 minutes ago, squistion said:

 

So you're saying that someone went to their boss and asked for a raise and that constitutes getting money from billionaires?  Also, did any of the other justices get a raise?  If so, did any of them turn it down saying it wasn't necessary?

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4 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

So you're saying that someone went to their boss and asked for a raise and that constitutes getting money from billionaires?  Also, did any of the other justices get a raise?  If so, did any of them turn it down saying it wasn't necessary?

No, he didn't go to his boss and ask for a raise. He just complained to a member of Congress and following that he got the lavish gifts from wealthy donors who were afraid he would resign.

I think to get a raise it would have to be approved by the Senate or however SCOTUS salaries are adjusted. And no, none of the other justices got a raise that I am aware of (unless it was the annual or scheduled cost-of-living increase). 

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As a senator Joe Biden changed his tune on a tobacco settlement after the lawyer representing the plaintiffs hired Bidens brother as a consultant.   

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11 minutes ago, squistion said:

No, he didn't go to his boss and ask for a raise. He just complained to a member of Congress and following that he got the lavish gifts from wealthy donors who were afraid he would resign.

I think to get a raise it would have to be approved by the Senate or however SCOTUS salaries are adjusted. And no, none of the other justices got a raise that I am aware of (unless it was the annual or scheduled cost-of-living increase). 

So a member of congress, who controls his salary... isn't, his boss?

Those lavish gifts, there's a list of them?

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10 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

So a member of congress, who controls his salary... isn't, his boss?

Those lavish gifts, there's a list of them?

No, none....nobody has found anything and that's why there has been any news of this reported at all.   

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12 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

So a member of congress, who controls his salary... isn't, his boss?

Those lavish gifts, there's a list of them?

yes snopes salon msnbc has the proof, I think Adam Schiff has it

 

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Just now, Mike Honcho said:

No, none....nobody has found anything and that's why there has been any news of this reported at all.   

But they're proven to be directly connected to decisions that he's weighed in on?

Also, the next the communist parties propaganda machine prints something I trust, it'll be the first.

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Just now, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

yes snopes salon msnbc has the proof, I think Adam Schiff has it

 

So no credible sources then?

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Just now, TBayXXXVII said:

So no credible sources then?

Adam Schiff!!!!!!!! did you miss it

he will release after Russia

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Just now, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

Adam Schiff!!!!!!!! did you miss it

he will release after Russia

Oh, my bad... I'll eagerly await the release!!!

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There’s no evidence. 

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30 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

So a member of congress, who controls his salary... isn't, his boss?

Those lavish gifts, there's a list of them?

No, one member of Congress is not his boss and does not have the power alone to control his salary.

Yes, the gifts have been listed previously in this thread and can also be found with a Google search if you wish. 

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4 minutes ago, squistion said:

No, one member of Congress is not his boss and does not have the power alone to control his salary.

Yes, the gifts have been listed previously in this thread and can also be found with a Google search if you wish. 

to be clear you are talking to a congressman about an issue, you have to make sure you address all 434 for it to actually count

 

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1 minute ago, squistion said:

 

There’s no evidence that Thomas ruled on cases due to taking gifts from those involved. Just like Biden according to you.