Wednesday, September 12, 2018

WOW Sheldon Whitehouse Asks Brett Kavanaugh If He Has A Gambling Problem

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They may get the Patriot Act clown yet,

Via Paul Blumenthal:

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) wants to know if Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, has a gambling problem.

“Have you ever sought treatment for a gambling addiction?” Whitehouse asks pointedly as part of a
series of questions submitted this week about Kavanaugh’s unexplained personal debts.

In 2016, Kavanaugh reported credit card and personal loan debts of between $60,000 and $200,000. The Trump White House said these debts were the result of Kavanaugh buying baseball tickets for friends who later paid him back, as well as some spending on home improvements. The 2016 debts did not appear on Kavanaugh’s 2017 disclosure form because they were either entirely paid off or fell below the reporting threshold. Kavanaugh also reported between $60,000 and $200,000 in debt in 2006...

In addition to the baseball tickets, Whitehouse is asking Kavanaugh about his membership at an expensive country club, whether he regularly plays poker and how he paid for his house.

Whitehouse’s gambling questions stem, in part, from a publicly disclosed email from 2001 where Kavanaugh apologizes to his friends for “growing aggressive after blowing still another game of dice” on a weekend vacation in the Chesapeake Bay.

Whitehouse wants to know whether Kavanaugh has gambled at any point since 2000, how many times, with whom, where and how much money he has won or lost. The senator is also asking the nominee whether he plays in a regular or periodic poker game and if he has ever gambled in the state of New Jersey ― likely a reference to Atlantic City. Finally, Whitehouse wants to know if Kavanaugh has ever received or filed a W-2G tax form with the IRS reporting gambling earnings or losses.

-RW  

3 comments:

  1. I was completely ignorant of Kavanaugh's participation in the whole Patriot Act thing 'til I saw your post of the Judge's talk. Screw him. Who's the next nominee? WAIT!!! How about Judge N.??? Oh, I wish.

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    1. He may have screwed himself with this gambling stuff. It looks like they may have him boxed in. If he has gambling winnings and didn’t file it on his taxes he’s a tax cheat (I don’t have a problem with that because it’s his money); if he has losses and didn’t file it on his taxes he’s trying to hide a gambling problem/addiction.

      Stay tuned. It could get interesting.

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  2. Trump only seems to pick the worst republicans for anything. I have not studied Kavanaugh, but assume that he is of the same caliber as, for instance, Juliani, a vicious authoritarian with a big smile. I keep wondering when Bill Bennett will reappear.

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