Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh racked up tens of thousands of dollars of debt from purchasing a boodle of Washington Nationals tickets in the past 10 years, according to a Wednesday Washington Post report.
According to a preview of Kavanaugh’s financial disclosures provided by the White House, he had between $60,000 and $200,000 in total debt over three credit cards and a loan in 2016. Per the Post, the debts were either paid off or dropped to below the minimum needed to report by 2017.
Deputy White House press secretary Raj Shah told the Post that Kavanaugh’s friends reimbursed him for the tickets and that Kavanaugh has since stopped purchasing season ticket packages.
Though the disclosure forms provide only a fuzzy picture of the judge’s financial standing, since they do not require the reporting of assets like primary residences, Kavanaugh seems to rank near the bottom in terms of the wealth of the current Supreme Court justices. Per the Post, this is in part due to his longevity in the public sector unlike many of his peers who accumulated wealth in private practice.
“Kavanaugh’s friends reimbursed him for the tickets“
Oh? Which “friends” might those be? And what are his “friends” going to get in return once he’s on the court?
And why didn’t he up his price to Super Bowl tickets at least? Think bigly, yer honner.
If he immediately appealed to Dotard as his GOPTUS nominee, it is logical to assume that Kavanaugh is also a cheap grifter.
Honestly, this is the least of my concerns over his nomination.
This TPM article is missing the most critical statement from the wapo article:
I read it through several times, and the article makes it very clear that besides his house and his retirement account, that <$65000 is the only other asset he claims to own. That’s just nuts. A 53-year old who has been earning north of $200k for the past couple decades hasn’t managed to accumulate more than $65,000 in assets?
My family earns a small fraction of $200K per year and i’m younger than 53, but you better believe we have more than $65,000. Our kids college savings is more than that, to give just one example.
But mostly it’s due to his stupidity and lack of understanding about actions having consequences. What a fine judicial mind!