Posted on 04/27/2023 7:05:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Earlier this month, ProPublica attempted to smear Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, implying in its reporting that he was compromised due to his friendship with real estate mogul and billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow based on the holidays the Thomas family spent with the Crow family.
It led many Democrats who themselves have engaged in ethically questionable behavior to besmirch Thomas.
The high priestess of liberal hypocrisy, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), a.k.a. AOC, who is being investigated by the House Ethics Committee for possible violation of congressional rules for accepting impermissible gifts, is one of the loudest advocates of branding Thomas as corrupt and demanding his impeachment.
The mainstream news media, which is a P.R. wing of the Democrats, amplified the chaos.
The target now is Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Just yesterday, Politico carried a hit piece with a provocative headline: “Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property.”
The gist of the claims in the piece is as follows:
· Gorsuch was seeking a buyer for a 40-acre tract of property he co-owned in rural Granby, Colorado since 2015.
· In 2017, nine days after Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate on the Supreme Court, the property found a buyer in Brian Duffy who is the CEO at Greenberg Traurig, one of the biggest law firms in the US.
· Duffy and his wife purchased the property for an amount of $1.825 million;according to a deed in the county’s record system.
· Gorsuch, who held a 20 percent stake, reported making roughly between $250,001 and $500,000 from the sale on his federal disclosure forms.
· Gorsuch didn’t disclose the identity of the buyer in his disclosure form.
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The implication here is a conflict of interest and a deliberate and malicious concealment of information.
If you can’t beat em, smear em.
I won’t say Gorsuch is perfect, but he is the only one of Trump’s picks that I would give two cents for now that time has shown who everyone really is.
IF I sell my property-—I have to tell the IRS about the Capital Gains I made-—but I DO NOT have to reveal the buyer.
IF I didn’t make enough Capital Gains to owe taxes on the sale ($250,000 for a single person & $500,000 on a married couple)-—then there is NOTHING TO REPORT.
IF I (single) make $251,000 in capital gains-—I only owe taxes on $1000-—NOT on the whole amount.
This is another fishing trip by the Dems-—
The STOCK trading THEY have all done is massive——HAVE they paid the Capital Gains on such???
I doubt it because they would NEVER wish for the voting public to see what they are doing-—AND I would bet MOST of it is INSIDER TRADING
Doubt Thomas cares about the unfounded attacks on his character. Why would he?
Same for Gorsuch.
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