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Clarence Thomas failed to report wife's income, watchdog says
Virginia Thomas earned over $680,000 from conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation over five years, a group says. But Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did not include it on financial disclosure forms.
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<!-- Module starts: a-body-first-para (ArticleText) -->Reporting from Washington — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to report his wife's income from a conservative think tank on financial disclosure forms for at least five years, the watchdog group Common Cause said Friday.
Between 2003 and 2007, Virginia Thomas, a longtime conservative activist, earned $686,589 from the Heritage Foundation, according to a Common Cause review of the foundation's IRS records. Thomas failed to note the income in his Supreme Court financial disclosure forms for those years, instead checking a box labeled "none" where "spousal noninvestment income" would be disclosed.
Guys,
I have waited, hopeful that someone would question this activity. As of yet it has gone unnoticed. I feel this is incredably important, so I will bring it up.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's wife is paid over $680,000 by the concervatine think tank Heritage Foundation between 2003-2007 and during that time Mr Thomas checked "NONE" in the Supreme Court financial disclosure forms under "spousal noninvestment income".
This is an outrage on several levels.
(1) Why would the Heritage Foundation pay her over $100,000 per year?
(2) Do we really allow political groups to pay hundreds of thousands of $ to the familys of Supreme Court Justice's.
(3) Why would Mr Thomas check "NONE", he must have known about this income?
I am ourtaged about this!!!
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Virginia Thomas earned over $680,000 from conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation over five years, a group says. But Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did not include it on financial disclosure forms.
<!-- Module ends: article-header--><!-- Area starts: article-first-block --><!-- Module starts: article-byline (ArticleByline) -->January 22, 2011|By Kim Geiger, Washington Bureau<!-- Module ends: article-byline-->
<!-- Module starts: a-body-first-para (ArticleText) -->Reporting from Washington — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to report his wife's income from a conservative think tank on financial disclosure forms for at least five years, the watchdog group Common Cause said Friday.
Between 2003 and 2007, Virginia Thomas, a longtime conservative activist, earned $686,589 from the Heritage Foundation, according to a Common Cause review of the foundation's IRS records. Thomas failed to note the income in his Supreme Court financial disclosure forms for those years, instead checking a box labeled "none" where "spousal noninvestment income" would be disclosed.
Guys,
I have waited, hopeful that someone would question this activity. As of yet it has gone unnoticed. I feel this is incredably important, so I will bring it up.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's wife is paid over $680,000 by the concervatine think tank Heritage Foundation between 2003-2007 and during that time Mr Thomas checked "NONE" in the Supreme Court financial disclosure forms under "spousal noninvestment income".
This is an outrage on several levels.
(1) Why would the Heritage Foundation pay her over $100,000 per year?
(2) Do we really allow political groups to pay hundreds of thousands of $ to the familys of Supreme Court Justice's.
(3) Why would Mr Thomas check "NONE", he must have known about this income?
I am ourtaged about this!!!
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