Clarence Thomas Engaged in Judicial Insider Trading? (velvetrevolution)

[babsbunny]

Our Latest Letter To The Department Of Justice Asks Them to Investigate Whether Clarence Thomas Told His Wife About Citizens United So They Could Enrich Themselves

http://www.velvetrevolution.us/images/Clarence_Thomas_FBI_re_investigation_letter_6811.pdf

On Wednesday, June 8, 2011, light of new financial disclosures provided Justice Clarence Thomas, we sent a letter to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Public Integrity Section and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) urging that they investigate information recently revealed in Thomas’ 2010 Financial Disclosure Form. In the disclosure form, Thomas admits that his wife received “salary and benefits” from Liberty Consulting, and that he and/or wife “invested” in Liberty Consulting.

Our letter asks for an investigation into the following questions:

· Was Mrs. Thomas tipped off to the Citizens United decision before it was rendered?
· Did Mrs. Thomas launch Liberty Central to take advantage of Citizens United and did she receive any income as a result of Citizens United?
· What happened to the $550,000 raised by Mrs. Thomas for Liberty Central (which is listed on its 2009 IRS 990 form)?
· Did Mrs. Thomas raise funds for Liberty Central after the Citizens United decision and if so how much and what was it used for?
· Is Liberty Consulting engaged in consulting Supreme Court litigants or potential litigants?
· Is Liberty Consulting engaged in lobbying and if so is Mrs. Thomas lobbying for litigants before the Supreme Court?
· Is Liberty Consulting a legitimate company or a conduit to raise funds for the Thomas family?

We asserted that the timing and facts surrounding Ms. Thomas’ involvement in Liberty Central give the appearance that the Thomases may have engaged in what we see as “judicial insider trading” meant to enrich the Thomas family though the Citizens United decision.

Timeline:

Sept 9, 2009: Citizens United argued.
Nov 6, 2009: Virginia Thomas launches her new Liberty Central 501(c)(4) organization, which raises $550,000 in 2009.
Jan 21, 2010: Citizens United decided.
March 15, 2010: Virginia Thomas announces that Liberty Central would "accept donations from various sources — including corporations — as allowed under campaign finance rules recently loosened by the Supreme Court."
November 14, 2010: Liberty Central announces that Virginia Thomas would be leaving the organization.
November 16, 2010: Liberty Consulting incorporated in the state of Virginia.
February 4, 2011: Politico reports that Virginia Thomas had launched Liberty Consulting.
February 8, 2011: ProtectOurElections.org releases its expose of Liberty Consulting on YouTube.
February 12, 2011: Liberty Consulting website is deleted

Our co-founder Brad Friedman covered these new developments in a detailed article on The BRAD BLOG.

Our full coverage of the Thomas scandal is on our ProtectOurElections.org site. If you have not already done so, please sign on to our petitions demanding an investigation of Clarence Thomas at Change.Org and ProtectOurElections.Org.

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[leveymg]

1. Looks like the proper charge for this would be Conversion of Public Records, 18 USC § 641

This additional side to the case, if fully investigated and presented before a Grand Jury, could result in indictments of Clarence and Virginia Thomas on the additional charge of "Conversion", in addition to their falsification of records and his exploitation of public trust and position. That would include their repeated criminal violations under 5 USC App. 104 for falsifying Federal Court records that would have revealed the employment of Virginia Thomas by a lobbying organization with matters potentially, and in fact, before the Court, as well as this apparent later effort to convert privileged Court information for private gain.

In my opinion, the proper additional charge would be for Conversion, 18 USC § 641, a federal felony, as follows: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/718/usc_sec_18_00000641----000-.html

TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 31 > § 641

§ 641. Public money, property or records

Whoever embezzles, steals, purloins, or knowingly converts to his use or the use of another, or without authority, sells, conveys or disposes of any record, voucher, money, or thing of value of the United States or of any department or agency thereof, or any property made or being made under contract for the United States or any department or agency thereof; or
Whoever receives, conceals, or retains the same with intent to convert it to his use or gain, knowing it to have been embezzled, stolen, purloined or converted—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; but if the value of such property in the aggregate, combining amounts from all the counts for which the defendant is convicted in a single case, does not exceed the sum of $1,000, he shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
The word “value” means face, par, or market value, or cost price, either wholesale or retail, whichever is greater.

Clarence and Virginia Thomas are already indictable for multiple counts of violation of 5 USC App 104 - False Statements.

[Blue Owl]

2. Clarence Thomas is one of the Great Fuckstains of Democracy

n/t

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, babsbunny.

[ThoughtCriminal]

4. I think Mrs Thomas knew how he would rule in Citizens United

without him saying a word about it. I think anybody can accurately predict how the Republican appointed justices will rule in any case that involves corporate influence without having to examine the Constitution, the law, previous legal rulings or precedent.

What makes Thomas special is how over the top he can be about ignoring obvious conflicts of interest.

[SpiralHawk]

5. Republicon Family Scuzzbag Values

Republicons really don't do integrity or honor, do they?

[ej510]

6. Republicons robbing America one day at a time.

[hifiguy]

7. Thomas and his wife belong in a federal penitentiary

for judicial influence peddling and tax evasion. And they belong there for a good long while.

[harun]

8. Corrupt to the core.

[abelenkpe]

9. this plus his 'forgetting' to mention his wife's income?

But somehow he's not in the news and everyone is talking about Wiener?

I just do not get it.

[gratuitous]

10. An investigation -- how . . . quaint

We don't really do things that way anymore. Investigations are like hoop skirts or buggy whips or dial-up internet connections. They were all useful once upon a time, but we've moved beyond them. Investigations, if successful, just lead to a bunch more work and headaches and a media circus that frankly, we could just as well do without. If we started investigating every little "allegation" of "wrongdoing" by "public" officials, we wouldn't have time to focus on the really important stuff, like pictures of some guy's junk or how pouty a multi-millionaire sports jock feels. It's not like anybody important can make a shitload of money off of this, so just let it go. Is it really all that important whether a Supreme Court Justice is corrupt?