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Biden refused to disclose free stays at vacation homes of rich billionaires despite outcry over Clarence Thomas

Biden refused to disclose free stays at vacation homes of rich billionaires despite outcry over Clarence Thomas


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Joe Biden refused to disclose several free stays at the vacation homes of rich billionaires in 2023 but there hasn’t been an outcry like their was against Clarence Thomas, who ProPublica has investigated and written many articles on his ‘non-disclosures’.

Here’s more from the New York Post:

President Biden failed again to note his free stays at the vacation homes of rich patrons on annual ethics forms made public this week — making the omission days after ProPublica was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for chronicling Supreme Court justices’ non-disclosures under the same transparency rule.

Biden took four vacations at the homes of wealthy supporters in 2023, none of which were listed as gifts on the forms signed by the president. The annual paperwork must be submitted by federal officeholders — including judges and presidents — under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

“If there’s a deliberate omission of a gift, an intentional lie, that can very well be prosecuted as a criminal offense,” said Richard Painter, who served as chief White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush.

“It just seems to me to be stupid to leave it off the form because everyone knows about [presidential] trips and everyone’s going to ask who paid,” added Painter, who ran unsuccessfully for Congress as a Democrat in 2018 and 2022.

“So you either have to pay for the house, make sure the owner is present or put it on the form. Those are your three options.”

Biden and his family began and ended 2023 with free stays over the New Year’s holiday at the beachfront St. Croix home of Bill and Connie Neville, which is typically listed as a VRBO rental.

Bill Neville is the founder of the US Viking software company, which makes an online content platform called ENPS marketed by The Associated Press and used by various news outlets.

Biden also enjoyed a six-day Thanksgiving stay at billionaire hedge fund founder David Rubenstein’s Nantucket compound last year and nine days in August at billionaire climate investor Tom Steyer’s waterfront Lake Tahoe retreat in Nevada.

Biden’s time at Rubenstein’s compound is believed to have been unpaid, though neither party has confirmed it.

The White House initially claimed that Biden would pay “fair market value” for Steyer’s home, resulting in a short-lived local investigation due to the moneyman’s lack of a rental permit. That probe was mysteriously dropped and the terms of the alleged rental have not been disclosed.

First lady Jill Biden also scored tickets to cheer on her beloved Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII in February 2023, for which she is not believed to have paid and which also were not disclosed.

Intentionally leaving gifts off the forms could put Biden or his staff in criminal jeopardy for making false statements — a crime punishable by up to five years in prison under 18 U.S. Code § 1001, Painter said.

ProPublica is just a hack media company who only investigates Republicans in power and wouldn’t dare go against Joe Biden because he’s their beloved president. The last thing they would want to do is hurt his electoral chances this year with a blockbuster investigation. Also, their readers would likely revolt. Because that’s how it works with the garbage media. They can’t be fair because that outrages their side too much.

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