Justice Thomas’s R.V. Loan Was Forgiven, Senate Inquiry Finds

The justice failed to repay much, perhaps all, of the $267,230 loan. His benefactor wiped the slate clean, with ethical and potential tax consequences.

nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/poli

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@3dogcouch it shouldn't be a problem to charge and try a justice for breaking a federal law.

It has to be breaking of an actual federal law, though, not simply the way the justice conducts themselves in office. That's what impeachment is for; none of the DOJ's business.

Remember, the reason there's a special exception against charging a sitting president is because DOJ acts under authority of the president, so it would be the president charging himself, causing a conflict of interests.

That conflict doesn't come up with justices.

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@3dogcouch maybe.

Keep in mind that the sort of outfit who breaks and pushes this sort of story have a reputation for not telling the whole story, for pushing a sensationalized narrative to get clicks.

So it's hard for us to say what the legal status really is since we don't have all of the info.

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