(04-10-2023 01:23 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  

(04-10-2023 11:59 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(04-10-2023 10:51 AM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  

(04-08-2023 07:37 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  Sorry, but this “Hey, it’s just a couple of friends hanging out” isn’t really passing the smell test for me. Where and when did this great friendship start? Were they high school buddies? Participants on the same college a cappella group? Or did this guy seek Thomas out after he was already a federal judge or a Supreme Court justice and start lavishing him with gifts?

Their friendship goes back twenty-five years.

Are you aware of the story behind the genesis of their "friendship"? I'm not. Perhaps it began in 1991.

And?

You're making the insinuations and allegations here. Seems burden of proof is on you.

I don't need to "prove" my assertion that this situation seems swampy.

Quote:I can agree with you that Thomas could have done better at avoiding the appearance of impropriety. Beyond that I don't see that he did anything wrong.

Yep. That's what I said above. I'm not alleging that he did something wrong. There's no proof of that. I said that it seems swampy and I stand by that.