Clarence Thomas IS conflicted

[B-Man]

 

Hahahahahahahahahaha.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[B-Man]

 

 

 

Oh what do they know.

 

 

 

112 former SCOTUS clerks agree: Clarence Thomas' integrity is "unimpeachable"

August 30, 2023

 

FTA:

 

“The Justice is ever the subject of political headlines taking aim at his character, his judicial philosophy, his marriage, even his race,” the 112 signatories wrote in an open letter obtained Tuesday.

 

“Lately, the stories have questioned his integrity and his ethics for the friends he keeps. They bury the lede. These friends are not parties before him as a Justice of the Court,” the former clerks continued. “We all saw with our own eyes the same thing: His integrity is unimpeachable. And his independence is unshakable.”

 

The letter hearkened back to Thomas’ humble beginnings in the segregated Georgia of the 1950s and his lineage as a descendant of West African slaves. They argued that the story of the justice’s rise “should be told in every American classroom, at every American kitchen table, in every anthology of American dreams realized.”

 

https://nypost.com/2023/08/30/dozens-of-ex-clarence-thomas-clerks-defend-scotus-justice/

 

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[Doc]

3 hours ago, B-Man said:

 

 

 

Oh what do they know.

 

 

 

112 former SCOTUS clerks agree: Clarence Thomas' integrity is "unimpeachable"

August 30, 2023

 

FTA:

 

“The Justice is ever the subject of political headlines taking aim at his character, his judicial philosophy, his marriage, even his race,” the 112 signatories wrote in an open letter obtained Tuesday.

 

“Lately, the stories have questioned his integrity and his ethics for the friends he keeps. They bury the lede. These friends are not parties before him as a Justice of the Court,” the former clerks continued. “We all saw with our own eyes the same thing: His integrity is unimpeachable. And his independence is unshakable.”

 

The letter hearkened back to Thomas’ humble beginnings in the segregated Georgia of the 1950s and his lineage as a descendant of West African slaves. They argued that the story of the justice’s rise “should be told in every American classroom, at every American kitchen table, in every anthology of American dreams realized.”

 

https://nypost.com/2023/08/30/dozens-of-ex-clarence-thomas-clerks-defend-scotus-justice/

 

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All Uncle Toms...

[BillStime]

3 hours ago, B-Man said:

Oh what do they know.

HA! What did you expect his former clerks to say - lmao
 

Annnnnnnd - they lost all credibility when they included Laura Ingraham and John Eastman.

 

 

 

[BillStime]

Oh - there's more?  No way.

 

 

[BillStime]

 

[B-Man]

 

 

Republicans Issue an Important Reminder to Democrats As They Continue to Attack Clarence Thomas

Katie Pavlich

 

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2023/08/31/republicans-defend-clarence-thomas-with-a-key-reminder-n2627814

[BillStime]

 

[B-Man]

 

 

Well, I'll post a similar article that shows there was no quid pro quo.

 

You can keep quoting the paid smears re: plane rides and vacation stays, but,

 

There is NO story that has ever shown where Justice Thomas was influenced towards any court decisions

 

None, nada, zip.

 

 

New Financial Disclosures Contradict ProPublica Smear Operation Against Clarence Thomas

BY: TRISTAN JUSTICE

AUGUST 31, 2023

 

The new financial disclosure filed by Justice Thomas Thursday delivers a rebuke to activists’ smear campaign.

 

 

Democrats have kept the knives out for Clarence Thomas since his 1991 confirmation to the nation’s highest court. The mere existence of a prominent black conservative has offended leftist sensibilities for decades and has placed a target on the judge for his entire career.

 

Some of the most relentless attacks on Thomas’ integrity have come from left-wing media outlets that malign the justice with contrived scandals, free from any factual accountability for their smears. But now, a new financial disclosure from the current court’s longest-serving justice should leave those activists embarrassed.

 

In April, far-left activists at ProPublica launched the latest smear campaign against Thomas, misrepresenting financial disclosure rules to frame the conservative justice as beholden to billionaire interests. The investigative paper’s grand revelation? That Justice Thomas has a rich friend.

 

The ProPublica report took issue with Justice Thomas for not disclosing repeated travel with the billionaire real estate developer on his private plane, yacht, and at his private lodge. But the undisclosed travel with Crow that ProPublica highlighted in the report took place before disclosure rule changes were implemented for the Supreme Court in March of this year. Thomas didn’t have to send out an itinerary to ProPublica, or anyone else, for approval.

 

That hasn’t stopped partisans who’ve turned a blind eye to similar ethics complaints against Thomas’ left-leaning colleagues from conveniently deciding the justice’s long-time relationship with GOP megadonor Harlan Crow is problematic. Earlier this month, five House Democrats even sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding an investigation into Thomas’s relationship with Crow.

 

The New York Times piled on the attacks against Thomas with excessive coverage of the manufactured scandal.

 

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On Thursday, however, the justice applied the new rules retroactively in a sign of good faith. Thomas’ attorney Elliot Berke accompanied the new financial filing with a six-page statement.

 

“Over the course of his 44 years in public service in all three branches of government, Justice Thomas has always strived for full transparency and adherence to the law, including with respect to what personal travel needed to be reported,” Berke said. “Justice Thomas’s amended report answers — and utterly refutes — the charges trumped up in this partisan feeding frenzy.”

 

The latest report discloses four trips in 2022, three of which were conferences where the justice spoke as a featured guest.

 

The justice’s latest filing fails to offer ProPublica or The New York Times any of the scandalous revelations that each paper clearly hoped for.

 

 

https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/31/new-financial-disclosures-contradict-propublica-smear-operation-against-clarence-thomas/

 

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[BillStime]

And the cult defends this:

 

 

[B-Man]

2 minutes ago, BillStime said:

 

 

You missed the post above.

 

On 8/31/2023 at 6:14 PM, B-Man said:

You can keep quoting the paid smears re: plane rides and vacation stays, but,

 

There is NO story that has ever shown where Justice Thomas was influenced towards any court decisions  None, nada, zip.

 

New Financial Disclosures Contradict ProPublica Smear Operation Against Clarence Thomas

BY: TRISTAN JUSTICE

AUGUST 31, 2023

 

The new financial disclosure filed by Justice Thomas Thursday delivers a rebuke to activists’ smear campaign.

 

 

Democrats have kept the knives out for Clarence Thomas since his 1991 confirmation to the nation’s highest court. The mere existence of a prominent black conservative has offended leftist sensibilities for decades and has placed a target on the judge for his entire career.

 

Some of the most relentless attacks on Thomas’ integrity have come from left-wing media outlets that malign the justice with contrived scandals, free from any factual accountability for their smears. But now, a new financial disclosure from the current court’s longest-serving justice should leave those activists embarrassed.

 

In April, far-left activists at ProPublica launched the latest smear campaign against Thomas, misrepresenting financial disclosure rules to frame the conservative justice as beholden to billionaire interests. The investigative paper’s grand revelation? That Justice Thomas has a rich friend.

 

The ProPublica report took issue with Justice Thomas for not disclosing repeated travel with the billionaire real estate developer on his private plane, yacht, and at his private lodge. But the undisclosed travel with Crow that ProPublica highlighted in the report took place before disclosure rule changes were implemented for the Supreme Court in March of this year. Thomas didn’t have to send out an itinerary to ProPublica, or anyone else, for approval.

 

That hasn’t stopped partisans who’ve turned a blind eye to similar ethics complaints against Thomas’ left-leaning colleagues from conveniently deciding the justice’s long-time relationship with GOP megadonor Harlan Crow is problematic. Earlier this month, five House Democrats even sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding an investigation into Thomas’s relationship with Crow.

 

The New York Times piled on the attacks against Thomas with excessive coverage of the manufactured scandal.

 

{snip}

 

On Thursday, however, the justice applied the new rules retroactively in a sign of good faith. Thomas’ attorney Elliot Berke accompanied the new financial filing with a six-page statement.

 

“Over the course of his 44 years in public service in all three branches of government, Justice Thomas has always strived for full transparency and adherence to the law, including with respect to what personal travel needed to be reported,” Berke said. “Justice Thomas’s amended report answers — and utterly refutes — the charges trumped up in this partisan feeding frenzy.”

 

The latest report discloses four trips in 2022, three of which were conferences where the justice spoke as a featured guest.

 

The justice’s latest filing fails to offer ProPublica or The New York Times any of the scandalous revelations that each paper clearly hoped for.

 

 

https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/31/new-financial-disclosures-contradict-propublica-smear-operation-against-clarence-thomas/

 

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Edited September 5, 2023 by B-Man

[BillStime]

Just now, B-Man said:

 

You missed the post above.

 

 

 

[B-Man]

16 minutes ago, BillStime said:

 

 

The new financial disclosure filed by Justice Thomas Thursday delivers a rebuke to activists’ smear campaign.

 

The ProPublica report took issue with Justice Thomas for not disclosing repeated travel with the billionaire real estate developer on his private plane, yacht, and at his private lodge. But the undisclosed travel with Crow that ProPublica highlighted in the report took place before disclosure rule changes were implemented for the Supreme Court in March of this year.

 

Thomas didn’t have to send out an itinerary to ProPublica, or anyone else, for approval.

 

https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/31/new-financial-disclosures-contradict-propublica-smear-operation-against-clarence-thomas/

 

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[BillStime]

22 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

The new financial disclosure filed by Justice Thomas Thursday delivers a rebuke to activists’ smear campaign.

 

The ProPublica report took issue with Justice Thomas for not disclosing repeated travel with the billionaire real estate developer on his private plane, yacht, and at his private lodge. But the undisclosed travel with Crow that ProPublica highlighted in the report took place before disclosure rule changes were implemented for the Supreme Court in March of this year.

 

Thomas didn’t have to send out an itinerary to ProPublica, or anyone else, for approval.

 

https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/31/new-financial-disclosures-contradict-propublica-smear-operation-against-clarence-thomas/

 

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[Kemp]

[BillStime]

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[BillStime]

 

[ChiGoose]

Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events

 

“On Jan. 25, 2018, dozens of private jets descended on Palm Springs International Airport. Some of the richest people in the country were arriving for the annual winter donor summit of the Koch network, the political organization founded by libertarian billionaires Charles and David Koch. A long weekend of strategizing, relaxation in the California sun and high-dollar fundraising lay ahead.

 

Just after 6 p.m., a Gulfstream G200 jet touched down on the tarmac. One of the Koch network’s most powerful allies was on board: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

 

During the summit, the justice went to a private dinner for the network’s donors. Thomas has attended Koch donor events at least twice over the years, according to interviews with three former network employees and one major donor. The justice was brought in to speak, staffers said, in the hopes that such access would encourage donors to continue giving.

 

That puts Thomas in the extraordinary position of having served as a fundraising draw for a network that has brought cases before the Supreme Court, including one of the most closely watched of the upcoming term.

 

Thomas never reported the 2018 flight to Palm Springs on his annual financial disclosure form, an apparent violation of federal law requiring justices to report most gifts. A Koch network spokesperson said the network did not pay for the private jet. Since Thomas didn’t disclose it, it’s not clear who did pay.”

 

Edited September 22, 2023 by ChiGoose

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