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Clarence Thomas Didn’t Fully Repay $267,230 Loan for Luxury Motor Home, Senate Report Says
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Thomas and his wife borrowed the money from Anthony Welters, a longtime friend, to purchase a luxury motor coach in 1999.
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All or most of a $267,000 loan obtained by Supreme CourtJustice Clarence Thomas to buy a high-end motorcoach appears to have been forgiven, raising tax and ethics questions, according to a new report by Senate Democrats.
Notes reviewed by the Senate committee showed that while Thomas made at least one interest payment on the loan, he “failed to repay the entire principal” of the loan used to buy an RV.
A Senate Finance Committee report says Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas appears to have only paid interest on a loan before it was forgiven by a wealthy friend.
By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to repay a “significant” portion of a $267,230 loan from a friend that allowed him to buy a luxury motorcoach in 1999, according to a memo issued Wednesday by Democrats on the Senate Finance Commit…
An investigation by the Senate Finance Committee alleges Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas never repaid a $267,230 loan that he used to buy a luxury RV more than 20 years ago while a wealthy friend covered the debt.
WASHINGTON (AP) — All or most of a $267,000 loan obtained by Supreme CourtJustice Clarence Thomas to buy a high-end motorcoach appears to have been forgiven, raising tax and ethics questions, according to a new report by Senate Democrats.