alaskan fishing trip. and it s the same with the circumstances of the indonesia vacations and both of them have their ethics filings on hold while they try to work through this, i guess, and figure out what they need to report and what they need to update. but it s really different than every other court in the country. it is different than ethics officials which would require an executive branch folks, or legislative branch folks, you simply don t get to get away with not revealing what the facts are when there is a question about the propriety of what you are up to a significant government job. and the question of how much, if any, of the $267,000 did clarence thomas pay back, it becomes a very serious income tax question for clarence thomas if the answer is anything other than, i paid it
ambassador. here is a 60 minutes segment from 2007, with clarence thomas discussing everything about his very expensive motor home except who paid for it. what kind of tires this has got an av92 it s got avon av92 one of his passions is this 40 foot long motor home that he and his wife used to explore the united states in their downtime. the u.s. marshals who protect justice thomas would not let us show the outside of it for security reasons, since he s been known to put it up overnight in walmart parking lots. you find this relaxing? yes, it s away from the meanness that you see in washington, you get to be with just the regular folks. and it is so pleasant. the new york times reports that anthony welters s loan plan storms the money to purchase that 267,000 dollar motor home, and that mr. welters told the times that the loan was eventually, quote, satisfied.
discussing everything about his very expensive motor home except to pay for. what kind of financials this has got and av92 it s got a av92. one of his passions is this 40 foot long motor home that he and his wife used to explore the united states and their downtime. the u.s. marshals who protect justice thomas would not let us show the outside of it for security reasons, since he s been known to put it up overnight in walmart parking lots. you find this relaxing? yes, it s away from the meanness that you see in washington, you get to be with just the regular folks. and it is so pleasant. the new york times reports that anthony welters s loan plan storms the money to purchase that 267,000 dollar motor home, and that mr. welters told the times that the loan was eventually, quote, satisfied. mr. welters did not clarify
with not revealing what the facts are when there is a question about the propriety of what you are up to a significant government job. and the question of how much, if any, of the $267,000 did clarence thomas pay back, it becomes a very serious income tax question for clarence thomas if the answer is anything other than, i paid it back in full. correct. there are tax issues here. there are reporting issues here. there are ethics issues here. and none of these issues are addressed by the stone wall of silence that have fallen around this court and its propensity for gifts from which people. you know, mr. walters is in one position here, where he at least talked to the new york times and acknowledged some information. but clarence thomas absolutely zero. and it is within clarence thomas s power tonight to disclose everything about that
can you tell us? we already knew the clarence thomas had a very elaborate are the that he called the bus, a reconfigured bus, not your normal motor coach, there had been reports and 60 minutes is gotten inside at one point, leathers dietzen kitchen and bathroom, 40 feet long, not your standard rv, but what the new york times recently reported is that it cost $267,000, more than a quarter million, and it was financed in part by anthony walters, a healthcare executive, a longtime friend of clarence thomas, dating all the way back to the 1980s when they were both staffers in the senate, but it s another instance of wealthy interests helping out clarence thomas financially and no reports on financial disclosure forms, there s questions of whether the loan was a gift, income, this is