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Sen. Jim Justice to pay more than $5M in back taxes
politico ^ | Nov 25 | politico

Posted on 11/25/2025 6:08:55 PM PST by RandFan

Republican Sen. Jim Justice and his wife have agreed to pay more than $5 million in back taxes dating back over 15 years, as the freshman senator continues to weather financial difficulties that marred his time in the West Virginia governor’s office.

The settlement was disclosed just hours after the Department of Justice sued to collect the taxes Monday.

Justice, a coal magnate who served eight years as West Virginia’s governor before his 2024 election to replace Democrat-turned-independent Joe Manchin in the Senate, has long been dogged by reports of financial troubles.

Once dubbed the only billionaire in West Virginia, Justice’s fortunes took a hit as coal lost its preeminence in the American energy scene. Things got so bad in 2023 that he reportedly faced a potential garnishment of his governor’s salary to pay down loans for coal equipment.

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KEYWORDS: jimjustice; taxes; virginia

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They were going to garnish his wages?
1 posted on 11/25/2025 6:08:55 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Let’s see them make Al Sharpton and the Biden Foreign dollars extractor LLCS pay their Taxes.


2 posted on 11/25/2025 6:15:09 PM PST by OakOak (Misinformation Campaign on your TV)
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To: OakOak

i just hope Babydog will be ok....


3 posted on 11/25/2025 6:41:15 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: RandFan

Is that his real name? It sounds like a commercial brand or fictional character.
Somebody on a TV Ad, talking loud and quick.


4 posted on 11/25/2025 6:52:25 PM PST by lee martell
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To: RandFan
He should have taken advice from Nancy Pelosi or MTG on how to do insider trading while in Washington!



* MTG was worth $970,000 when she entered Congress in 2021.

5 posted on 11/25/2025 6:54:03 PM PST by montag813
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To: RandFan

Gotta love it.

A Republican is in trouble? ‘Republican’ is literally the first word of the freakin’ article, or more usually So-and-So Name, R(location) in the first sentence.

A Democrat?

Well then it’s So-and-So Name, D(idn’t say...)


6 posted on 11/25/2025 6:54:04 PM PST by verum ago (I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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To: lee martell

Justice for Justice!


7 posted on 11/25/2025 6:55:21 PM PST by RandFan
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To: montag813

He seemed to be enormously wealthy at one point. What happened?


8 posted on 11/25/2025 6:55:59 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: RandFan

A good name for a Pro Wrestler, one who wears a long flowing cape with the American Flag printed on it.
Red and blue in sequins.


9 posted on 11/25/2025 7:00:00 PM PST by lee martell
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To: RandFan

This guy is a former billionaire (now worth only about $600 million) and runs multiple businesses, so it is well nigh impossible that just messed up on filing his taxes.

He needs to pay and then let somebody worthy of the office take over.


10 posted on 11/25/2025 7:55:34 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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