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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKavanaugh was deeply in debt
How did he pay it off so quickly?
How did he qualify for purchase of a 1.25 million dollar home at his salary?
Randi Rhodes went into detail today.
It was mind blowing.
elleng
(131,176 posts)uponit7771
(90,367 posts)madaboutharry
(40,231 posts)Where was the money coming from?
sheshe2
(83,940 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)link to Randi Rhodes' programme addresses this. Please. I'm not finding anything.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)1-3 pm Pacific time.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)I didn't get a chance to listen but I think it is it.
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)donco
(1,548 posts)Ruskie oligarchs.
dlk
(11,578 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,638 posts)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/
lostnfound
(16,192 posts)dalton99a
(81,635 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Easier to keep him in line.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)onenote
(42,778 posts)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)the strictest scrutiny on the poor and middle class, while he ensures his trust fund buddies get every break.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)Linda Ed
(493 posts)Kavanaughs 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 Courts least wealthy justices if hes picked by Trump and confirmed by the Senate.
But just because Kavanaughs financial disclosure covering 2017 shows him with a maximum of $65,000 in assets doesnt mean hes financially underwater. Kavanaughs salary as a D.C. circuit judge is $220,600. He earned another $27,490 teaching at Harvard Law School. Its unclear, though, where his salary is being deposited. Kavanaugh doesnt 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.