Exclusive: Republican hits Clarence Thomas with. lawsuit over his taxes

https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-republican-hits-clarence-thomas-lawsuit-over-his-taxes-1866488

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swiffswaffplop@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y

Castro is suing Thomas under VFATA, which allows private citizens anywhere in the country to bring a claim against a Virginia resident for making a knowingly false or fraudulent claim to the commonwealth for money or property, essentially empowering regular Americans to take on the role of a de factor agent of the Virginia attorney general.

Crazy. Why didn’t a democrat do this immediately?

RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y

"Under Section 108 of the Internal Revenue Code, he would have had a legal obligation to report [the loan] as taxable income and the tax alone would have been, probably $40,000 or $50,000. That's a third of his annual salary," Castro said on Friday. "And that's when I was like, 'There's no way he reported that because that'd be financially disastrous for

psycho_driver@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y

Hey, a Republican I get to root for in a court case!