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In reply to the discussion: Ex-FBI Strzok: Concerning Ginni Thomas wrote 1/6 participants 'have done nothing wrong.' [View all]Kid Berwyn
(14,789 posts)45. Only the wealthiest can put Clarence Thomas up at Bohemian Grove.
Justice Thomas reported a wealth of gifts
In the last six years he has accepted free items valued at $42,200, the most on the high court.
December 31, 2004|Richard A. Serrano and David G. Savage | LA Times Staff Writers
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts since joining the high court, including $1,200 worth of tires, valuable historical items and a $5,000 personal check to help pay a relative's education expenses.
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He also took a free trip aboard a private jet to the exclusive Bohemian Grove club in Northern California -- arranged by a wealthy Texas real estate investor who helped run an advocacy group that filed briefs with the Supreme Court.
Those and other gifts were disclosed by Thomas under a 1978 federal ethics law that requires high-ranking government officials, including the nine Supreme Court justices, to file a report each year that lists gifts, money and other items they have received.
Thomas has reported accepting much more valuable gifts than his Supreme Court colleagues over the last six years, according to their disclosure forms on file at the court.
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http://articles.latimes.com/2004/dec/31/nation/na-gifts31
Gee. I wonder what the rich get in return?
In the last six years he has accepted free items valued at $42,200, the most on the high court.
December 31, 2004|Richard A. Serrano and David G. Savage | LA Times Staff Writers
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts since joining the high court, including $1,200 worth of tires, valuable historical items and a $5,000 personal check to help pay a relative's education expenses.
SNIP...
He also took a free trip aboard a private jet to the exclusive Bohemian Grove club in Northern California -- arranged by a wealthy Texas real estate investor who helped run an advocacy group that filed briefs with the Supreme Court.
Those and other gifts were disclosed by Thomas under a 1978 federal ethics law that requires high-ranking government officials, including the nine Supreme Court justices, to file a report each year that lists gifts, money and other items they have received.
Thomas has reported accepting much more valuable gifts than his Supreme Court colleagues over the last six years, according to their disclosure forms on file at the court.
CONTINUED...
http://articles.latimes.com/2004/dec/31/nation/na-gifts31
Gee. I wonder what the rich get in return?
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Ex-FBI Strzok: Concerning Ginni Thomas wrote 1/6 participants 'have done nothing wrong.' [View all]
Kid Berwyn
Jan 2022
OP
AND, a cushy life-time position where you don't really EVER have to speak...
FailureToCommunicate
Jan 2022
#38
she was also wrong to marry a rapist , so there's that. How low can she go?
Kittycatkat
Jan 2022
#50
Don't we have a system in place, Mrs. Thomas, to address whether wrong was done or not?
Mr. Ected
Jan 2022
#21
May the proceedings make noises and sparks like aluminum foil in the radar range.
Kid Berwyn
Jan 2022
#47