As SCOTUS made headlines last week, the issue of Brett Kavanaugh's debts resurfaced. As it always does.
In our #SundayMorning thread we're attempting to highlight any new information we have about who paid Kavanaugh's debts and what it means for our justice system.
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In our #SundayMorning thread we're attempting to highlight any new information we have about who paid Kavanaugh's debts and what it means for our justice system.
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(2) If you need a reminder of the topic, @gregolear did an excellent primer on Kavanaugh's murky finances. There are a lot of questions still. Primrily about his credit card debt.
We don't have many answers.
And no one seems to care much.
gregolear.substack.com/p/who-owns-kav…
We don't have many answers.
And no one seems to care much.
gregolear.substack.com/p/who-owns-kav…
(3) This is very strange for a press who is perptually curious about these sorts of things.
But our suspicions continue to be arroused by the way the FBI glossed over investigations into Kavanaugh on every front.
esquire.com/news-politics/…
But our suspicions continue to be arroused by the way the FBI glossed over investigations into Kavanaugh on every front.
esquire.com/news-politics/…
(4) Sheldon Whitehouse was also very curious about the source of Brett Kavanaugh's sudden boom that allowed him to pay off hundreds of thousand of dollars of debt ahead of his SCOTUS nomination.
He's been pressing from more info for months.
esquire.com/news-politics/…
He's been pressing from more info for months.
esquire.com/news-politics/…
(5) Kavanaugh's story has always been that he racked up the debt paying for season tickets to the Nationals. And that friends and family simply paid him back out of pocket.
That doesn't explain even a fraction of what's under the hood of his financials.
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
That doesn't explain even a fraction of what's under the hood of his financials.
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
(6) But it's also true that if we hold that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one, Kavanaugh's sudden debt rehab isn't that strange.
He comes from wealth. As he got closer to a SCOTUS nomination, he knew he'd have to clean up his act.
motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
He comes from wealth. As he got closer to a SCOTUS nomination, he knew he'd have to clean up his act.
motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
(7) It's certainly possible Kavanaugh accrued debts doing something a little shady like gambling. As others have pointed out, he fits the profile.
But there reasons to question the theory that he's being bribed. It would be hard to hide that sort of thing
pressrun.media/p/we-still-don…
But there reasons to question the theory that he's being bribed. It would be hard to hide that sort of thing
pressrun.media/p/we-still-don…
(8) And I agree with others who have pointed out that someone as ambitious as Kavanaugh who has finally landed himself a seat on the highest court in the land would be loathe to screw it up by doing something so obviously unethical.
As with Kavanaugh's debts, it doesn't add up.
As with Kavanaugh's debts, it doesn't add up.
(9) But let me be clear that I don't think this is a crazy conspiracy theory. And we better get curious about how judicial finances.
Because there is a river of dark money poisoning our judicial system. If you read one thing today, make it this. 👇
billmoyers.com/story/big-mone…
Because there is a river of dark money poisoning our judicial system. If you read one thing today, make it this. 👇
billmoyers.com/story/big-mone…
(10) Thanks to @BidHar2021 for the thread suggestion. Come back next weekend and we'll do this again.
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