Thomas has accepted $4M in gifts during career: Watchdog

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1. Just because he’s a nice guy……right?

2. And as a state employee, I could not accept free coffee. Ethics much, Clarence?

3. He should accept [another $2.4M gift and resign from the board to travel in style in a new RV with a $1M a year retirement income!](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/john-oliver-clarence-thomas-million-motorcoach-supreme-court-1234970879/)

4. Bribes.

   4 million isn’t gifts.

   “The average American earns approximately $1.7 million over their lifetime.”

5. Hmm, I wonder if that’s actually just the tip of the iceberg for him.

6. Anita Hill warned us about this scumbag years ago.

7. Rename his ass Rick Ross.

8. I worked at a firm where the public transportation dept.(that was our client) wouldn’t take the free LPQ mini pastries and (shitty) coffee we ordered for them because they were concerned it’d be seen as a bribe. Why is a Supreme Court judge allowed to take these types of “gifts”?!?!

9. It’s definitely more than that and these are definitely bribes, not gifts ffs.

10. He paid taxes on these gifts, right?

11. Come on folks. $4M wouldn’t persuade Thomas to vote one way or the other. Like the time he was the sole voter for tRump 🤷🏻‍♀️

12. There should be a method in place to recall Federal Judges.

13. those must have been SOME birthday parties!

14. These are just the ones ***that we know of.*** He’s been hiding bribes for years.

15. If they take the Trump case. Where do you think his next vacation home “gift” will be?

16. *At least* $4 million in gifts. They are assuming they have found all of them.

17. Why can’t I be on the Supreme Court? I’m qualified. I’m bribable.

18. I would bet that Clarence never declared the ‘gifts’ and didn’t mention them to the IRS. I think that’s illegal but who cares since Clarence would sit in on the case and block anything.

    What a joke.

19. That’s 4 million too much. What a corrupt motherfucker.

20. > Supreme Court Justices have received nearly $5 million in gifts since the early 2000s and one justice in particular, Clarence Thomas, accounts for nearly all of it.

    They get to decide the legal limits of morality for everyone, while allowed to be so blatantly corrupt.

21. lifetime worth of money in bribes, spouse tried to overthrow the government, and not a care in the world lmao must be nice to be one of the sociopaths that this country is built by/for

22. $4 million that we know of.

    There’s probably more given to his wife or her causes intended to influence how Clarence votes or reward him for how he’s voted in the past.

23. With that kind of money you don’t even need to put your own pubes on the Cokes, you can outsource.

24. Here I am looking at the “wine and dine” events I attend (because the company I work for has vendors) with some form of guilt.

    > “is this ethical? This tab for food and alcohol for everyone is going to be like 10k”

    Yea I don’t think I’ll be guilty anymore.

25. Probably double that if we knew the truth. $8 million easy.

26. That we know of.

27. that we know of..

28. “So? What are you going to do about it? Nothing. Lulz!” -Clarence Thomas

29. That’s why tRump is asking for a billion. He wants to set the bar for bribes.

30. Any judge that flies an American flag upside down should be kicked off the court!

31. *That we know of.

32. I work in supply chain and I literally have to undergo training each year on how accepting any gifts from potential new vendors is a career ending and actionable offense. This fellas job is way more important than mine and he is allowed to take 4 million in gifts? Laws are just for us common folk not the law makers or powerful people who pass judgements based on these laws.

33. One of my German vendors sent us an 18 inch square box of German chocolates once. That’s a gift worth mentioning. $4m is nothing /s.

    Isn’t there any generic federal employee oversight?

34. I’m surprised he’s that cheap. Kind of the SCOTUS version of a $2 prostitute.

35. Absolutely nothing will happen to him. Disgusting

36. That number seems low.

37. Corrupt to the bone. And we have no recourse aside from waiting for the guy to croak

38. I’d wager the real amount he’s been bribed with is higher. The Heritage Foundation bought at least 2 scotus judges (Alito + Thomas), and they were the best investment/purchase ever (aside from Hitler’s artwork)

39. While this is egregious from someone sitting on the top court, I’m surprised this grifter hasn’t tried (or been successful) squeezing more money than just 4MIL.

40. Everyone here is being too harsh on Justice Thomas. Let any of you who hasn’t received millions of dollars in gifts cast the first stone.

41. Lock him up. Abort the Supreme Court.

42. That we know of.

    Project 2025. Vote in November.

43. That’s a funny way to say bribes.

44. Thomas was ready to retire years ago because the salary wasnt enough to support living in DC. He complained and tried to get congress to raise the salary. The gop was nominating these youngish judges wanting them to be on the court a long time, but they refused to pay them anything like what they could get in private practices. So when thomas threatened to retire, gop millionaires stepped in with “gifts” to make up the lost money and keep thomas on the court.

    ProPublica wrote a great article about this.
    https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-money-complaints-sparked-resignation-fears-scotus

45. So what will be done about this?!!!

    Absolutely nothing…

    That’s what I thought

46. Must be nice, best bribe I’ve ever been offered was $100 and a blowjob to let someone backstage at a concert. I didn’t take it though, because I’ve got morals, unlike many members of our current SCOTUS.

47. bribes. the word you’re looking for is “bribes”

48. Well that’s not much. I thought a Supreme Court Justice would get a lot more for selling their soul.

    Not only is he corrupt, HE’S CHEAP!!!

49. I can promise you the number is much higher.