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Kavanaugh was deeply in debt (Original Post) SHRED Sep 2018 OP
Household income? elleng Sep 2018 #1
K&R, 200k is a lot of debt to pay off quickly, this seems to be buried uponit7771 Sep 2018 #2
He lives beyond his means. madaboutharry Sep 2018 #3
ummm sheshe2 Sep 2018 #14
Please somebody post whatever Haggis for Breakfast Sep 2018 #4
I listen to her online via TuneIn radio at Progressive Voices SHRED Sep 2018 #8
I think this is today's show SHRED Sep 2018 #9
Campaign Funds ? Grassy Knoll Sep 2018 #5
I smell some donco Sep 2018 #6
There are Rumors Kavanaugh Has a Gambling Problem dlk Sep 2018 #7
He does and Sen. Whitehouse is BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #17
Wonder if it's actually a blackmail problem. Nt lostnfound Sep 2018 #19
Kavanaugh is corrupt. dalton99a Sep 2018 #10
That's why Putin chose him. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2018 #11
Yep, he's another criminal gang member. Trump only picks the finest (crooks, criminals and liars.) RKP5637 Sep 2018 #12
My guess is that he and his wife got help with family in purchasing that home onenote Sep 2018 #13
And he has and will continue to exercise exboyfil Sep 2018 #15
He stinks big time. He needs to be stopped now. rusty quoin Sep 2018 #16
Says he is worth Linda Ed Sep 2018 #18

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
4. Please somebody post whatever
Thu Sep 20, 2018, 10:55 PM
Sep 2018

link to Randi Rhodes' programme addresses this. Please. I'm not finding anything.

BigmanPigman

(51,638 posts)
17. He does and Sen. Whitehouse is
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 01:52 AM
Sep 2018

interested to learn more about this issue. When the GOP was concerned about dirt coming out on Kavanaugh they thought it would his gambling and debts that got him into trouble.


https://www.salon.com/2018/09/13/does-brett-kavanaugh-have-a-gambling-problem-sen-sheldon-whitehouse-wants-to-know/

onenote

(42,778 posts)
13. My guess is that he and his wife got help with family in purchasing that home
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 12:19 AM
Sep 2018

His father was a trade association president for a couple of decades - a job that typically pays pretty well. And he's an only child.

Also, he and his wife bought that house in 2006. (He married her in 2004 when he was 39) Not sure where either of them lived before then and whether either owned a home, but it wouldn't be much of a surprise if he owned a home before he bought the $1.25 million home and made a profit on its sale. Without knowing the size of the mortgage and how much his wife and he had as income at the time, it's hard to know how difficult it would be to qualify for the loan.

Not defending him -- just suggesting that here in the DC area, his home ownership situation doesn't seem that unusual.

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)
15. And he has and will continue to exercise
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 12:46 AM
Sep 2018

the strictest scrutiny on the poor and middle class, while he ensures his trust fund buddies get every break.

Linda Ed

(493 posts)
18. Says he is worth
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 02:09 AM
Sep 2018

Kavanaugh’s most recent personal financial disclosure, which OpenSecrets obtained Friday, shows him reporting between $15,000 and $65,000 in his bank and retirement accounts. That would make him one of the Supreme Court’s least wealthy justices if he’s picked by Trump and confirmed by the Senate.
But just because Kavanaugh’s financial disclosure covering 2017 shows him with a maximum of $65,000 in assets doesn’t mean he’s financially underwater. Kavanaugh’s salary as a D.C. circuit judge is $220,600. He earned another $27,490 teaching at Harvard Law School. It’s unclear, though, where his salary is being deposited. Kavanaugh doesn’t appear to own property beyond his Maryland home, valued at nearly $1 million, according to Montgomery County property records.
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/07/trumps-top-scotus-picks-less-wealthy/

Good question on how he paid off over 200 grand...buy sport tickets? If anyone believes that I got a bridge to Hawaii to sell you.

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