HBO late-night talk show host John Oliver offered to pay Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas a million dollars per year and give him a loaded tour
bus if he retires from the nation’s highest court.
The leftist comedian, who was accused online of trying to “bribe” Thomas, made the offer on Sunday night: “One million dollars a year for the rest of your life, if you simply agree to leave the Supreme Court immediately and never come back.”
On Feb 21, 2024 at 9:38:51 AM PST, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
HBO late-night talk show host John Oliver offered to pay Supreme Court
Justice Clarence Thomas a million dollars per year and give him a loaded tour
bus if he retires from the nation’s highest court.
The leftist comedian, who was accused online of trying to “bribe” Thomas,
made the offer on Sunday night: “One million dollars a year for the rest of
your life, if you simply agree to leave the Supreme Court immediately and
never come back.”
That's not a bribe. Oliver didn't offer to pay Thomas to use his office for Oliver's benefit. He didn't offer to pay Thomas to vote one way or another on a case pending before the Court.
Offering money to an official to quit his/her job isn't a bribe. If it was every official who left public office to go work in the private sector would be guilty of accepting bribes.
When Kayleigh McEneny left the White House to be a Fox News commentator-- presumably because they offered her a lot of money to do so-- was that a bribe? Same with Jen "Circle Back" Psaki and MSNBC.
Or all the FBI and Secret Service agents who accept jobs with major film studios and sports teams as director of security in return for high six figures or seven? Are they being bribed?
No one has ever made that claim, so Oliver paying Thomas to leave the Court is
no different and not a bribe no matter what Matt Walsh says.
On Feb 21, 2024 at 9:38:51 AM PST, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
HBO late-night talk show host John Oliver offered to pay Supreme Court
Justice Clarence Thomas a million dollars per year and give him a loaded
tour bus if he retires from the nation’s highest court.
The leftist comedian, who was accused online of trying to “bribe”
Thomas, made the offer on Sunday night: "One million dollars a year
for the rest of your life, if you simply agree to leave the Supreme Court
immediately and never come back."
That's not a bribe. Oliver didn't offer to pay Thomas to use his office for >Oliver's benefit. He didn't offer to pay Thomas to vote one way or another
on a case pending before the Court.
Offering money to an official to quit his/her job isn't a bribe. If it was >every official who left public office to go work in the private sector would >be guilty of accepting bribes.
When Kayleigh McEneny left the White House to be a Fox News commentator-- >presumably because they offered her a lot of money to do so-- was that a >bribe? Same with Jen "Circle Back" Psaki and MSNBC.
Or all the FBI and Secret Service agents who accept jobs with major film >studios and sports teams as director of security in return for high six >figures or seven? Are they being bribed?
No one has ever made that claim, so Oliver paying Thomas to leave the Court >is no different and not a bribe no matter what Matt Walsh says.
On Feb 21, 2024 at 9:38:51 AM PST, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net>
wrote:
HBO late-night talk show host John Oliver offered to pay Supreme
Court Justice Clarence Thomas a million dollars per year and give
him a loaded tour
bus if he retires from the nation’s highest court.
The leftist comedian, who was accused online of trying to “bribe” Thomas, made the offer on Sunday night: “One million dollars a year
for the rest of your life, if you simply agree to leave the Supreme
Court immediately and never come back.”
That's not a bribe. Oliver didn't offer to pay Thomas to use his
office for Oliver's benefit. He didn't offer to pay Thomas to vote
one way or another on a case pending before the Court.
Offering money to an official to quit his/her job isn't a bribe. If
it was every official who left public office to go work in the
private sector would be guilty of accepting bribes.
When Kayleigh McEneny left the White House to be a Fox News
commentator-- presumably because they offered her a lot of money to
do so-- was that a bribe? Same with Jen "Circle Back" Psaki and MSNBC.
Or all the FBI and Secret Service agents who accept jobs with major
film studios and sports teams as director of security in return for
high six figures or seven? Are they being bribed?
No one has ever made that claim, so Oliver paying Thomas to leave the
Court is no different and not a bribe no matter what Matt Walsh says.
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