Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas pressed on questions over friend's $267,000 RV loan
Two leading Democratic senators are pressing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to say whether he repaid a wealthy friend any of the principal for a $267,230 loan he used to buy a luxury motorhome. The letter to Thomas's lawyer, dated Tuesday, raises questions about potential tax violations by the conservative justice, who is the longest-serving member of the Supreme Court. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., in their letter, assert that Thomas never repaid a significant portion of the principal loaned to him by Anthony Welters, nor has Thomas said whether the loan was forgiven. "That such income from the forgiven debt was not reported on any of Justice Tho