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.

  • Nougat@kbin.social
    332·
    1 year ago

    I will say this every time:

    If the punishment is a fine, it’s only illegal for poor people.

    • EatYouWell@lemmy.world
      81·
      1 year ago

      Fines should scale with networth. I think a country or two in the UK do that, and someone got like a $100k speeding ticket.

      • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world
        71·
        1 year ago

        I think you mean a country in Europe.

        The UK is a country, and countries don’t have countries in 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!

                  • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world
                    1·
                    1 year ago

                    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.