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CMUHoo

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Are you alleging Susan Rice violated any laws?


I haven't seen anything that says she did. So yes, that is what makes it different and I think you're smart enough to know that and mature enough to not resort to Team Blue whaddabout's whenever something bad comes out about Team Red. Maybe I'm wrong.

Personally, I would endorse a ridiculously stringent ethics rule (being the child of civil servants) that amounts to a vow of poverty (i.e. an upper middle class existence) before, during, and after public service. Obviously neither side is going to sign up for that, but if you want to start a campaign on it I'll sign your petition.

As far as Thomas, there's reason to be suspicious that Crow may have overpaid a bit for the house (edit: seeing Matt's post, more than a bit), but even if he didn't there are plenty of other issues. First and foremost, Thomas was legally obligated to report the home sale on his disclosure form. No ifs, ands, or buts. That coincides with his other failures to report gifts from Crow, which he was very likely required to do as well based on ethics rules (link to an older post from me below).

Like you said, the rent situation with Thomas' mother is unknown. The big one for me is much simpler: Thomas extracted 100% of the equity out of the house, no longer has to pay property taxes, and his mom didn't have to move. That wouldn't have happened with a sale to any other person and wouldn't have happened if Thomas wasn't a Supreme Court justice (the argument was Crow wanted to open a museum in the future). She also gets to live a remodeled and improved home that Thomas didn't have to pay for the upgrades on. Crow also bought her troublemaking neighbors home from the article and got them to move out. Such an arrangement screams of lining Thomas' pockets, even if we're only talking about the relatively paltry amount of $133k in equity.

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[Post edited by CMUHoo at 04/13/2023 3:49PM]

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  Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! ** -- Hokieesith 04/13/2023 3:53PM
  He was required to disclose that transaction. -- DanTheFan 04/13/2023 3:11PM
  DYLAN MULVANEY! JUSTIN JONES! LOOK OVER THERE! ** -- Fuzzy Dunlop 04/13/2023 3:02PM
  What did she do that was unethical? ** -- 81_Hokie 04/13/2023 3:18PM
  Nice whaddabout. -- CMUHoo 04/13/2023 3:11PM
  Are you alleging Susan Rice violated any laws? -- CMUHoo 04/13/2023 3:46PM
  If you think he’s smart enough to know anything -- BocaHoo91 04/13/2023 3:58PM
  Either silence or some flimsy excuse. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 04/13/2023 2:59PM
  Go MAGA Go Rich!!!! ** -- Zhoo 04/13/2023 2:55PM
  LOLZ! ** -- 81_Hokie 04/13/2023 2:54PM
  Here's the full Pro Publica article -- CMUHoo 04/13/2023 2:51PM
  LOL. Come on @Hoodafan ** -- hooshouse 04/13/2023 3:11PM
  One quibble with the first sentence -- WahooMatt05 04/13/2023 2:55PM
  Correct ** -- Newt 04/13/2023 2:58PM

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