John Oliver just bribed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

It's very clearly NOT a bribe that John Oliver is offering.

A bribe would be plying CT with things of value and thereby attempting to influence his rulings on the bench.

John Oliver is offering CT a new high paying low stress job, for which CT would [b]leave[/b] the bench. Very different from a bribe.

Though it does highlight the fact that CT received - from conservative billionaires - 31 years of secret gifts never declared on ethics forms, and rendered 31 years of conservative SCOTUS votes.

Clarence Thomas by the numbers:
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38 destination vacations (including stays at a private resort in the Adirondacks, stays at a 10,000 acre private ranch, and travel on the private 161 foot superyacht Michaela Rose)
26 private jet flights
8 helicopter trips
12 VIP passes to sporting events,
2 stays at luxury resorts in Florida & Jamaica
1 standing invite to an uber-exclusive golf club overlooking the Atlantic
2 years "son's" tuition (Mark Martin), worth $100,000
1 RV, valued $267,000
1 house for his mother, valued over $200,000
Including renovations, & taxes paid

I think there needs to be a level of dishonesty or illegality for this to be considered a bribe.

You understand what a joke is right?

If you're wondering how to solicit bribes from wealthy people, this is a pretty good guideline for getting started! Just to be clear, receiving gifts isn't necessarily a crime, but refusing - for decades - to declare them on ethics forms would be a firing offense in almost any high level job.

[quote] [big]A “Delicate Matter”: Clarence Thomas’ Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears He Would Resign[/big] [i]Dec. 18, 2023[/i]

In early January 2000, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was at a five-star beach resort in Sea Island, Georgia, hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.

After almost a decade on the court, Thomas had grown frustrated with his financial situation, according to friends. He had recently started raising his young grandnephew, and Thomas’ wife was soliciting advice on how to handle the new expenses. The month before, the justice had borrowed $267,000 from a friend to buy a high-end RV.

At the resort, Thomas gave a speech at an off-the-record conservative conference. He found himself seated next to a Republican member of Congress on the flight home. The two men talked, and the lawmaker left the conversation worried that Thomas might resign.

Congress should give Supreme Court justices a pay raise, Thomas told him. If lawmakers didn’t act, “one or more justices will leave soon” — maybe in the next year.

At the time, Thomas’ salary was $173,600, equivalent to over $300,000 today. But he was one of the least wealthy members of the court, and on multiple occasions in that period, he pushed for ways to make more money. In other private conversations, Thomas repeatedly talked about removing a ban on justices giving paid speeches.

Thomas’ efforts were described in records from the time obtained by ProPublica, including a confidential memo to Chief Justice William Rehnquist from a top judiciary official seeking guidance on what he termed a “delicate matter.”

The documents, as well as interviews, offer insight into how Thomas was talking about his finances in a crucial period in his tenure, just as he was developing his relationships with a set of wealthy benefactors.[/quote]

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-money-complaints-sparked-resignation-fears-scotus

Did you actually read the contract John Oliver offered Justice Thomas?

Why don't you stop listening to what your friends are telling you, and educate yourself about that contract. It is perfectly legal, and he says that he can't believe it's legal.

Not likely! This country's pretty tolerant of celebrities.

Maybe you'd be wise to search the Maning of bribe.

If he’s pro trump, 100%
If he’s anti trump, zero chance and a multi million dollar book deal

I want to bribe him too. I'll give him some cyanide to shut the fuck up.

Do you have a source on this?