HBO late-night talk show host John Oliver offered to pay Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas a million dollars per year and give him a loaded tour bus if he retires from the nation’s highest court.
The leftist comedian, who was accused online of trying to “bribe” Thomas, made the offer on Sunday night: “One million dollars a year for the rest of your life, if you simply agree to leave the Supreme Court immediately and never come back.”
“Clarence Thomas is arguably the most consequential justice on the court right now, and he’s never really seemed to like the job. He said, ‘It’s not worth doing for the grief.’ So, what if he can keep the luxury perks he clearly enjoys without having to endure all of that grief,” Oliver continued. “If you watch our show, you know jokes aren’t really our thing. This is real. A million dollars a year until you or I die.”Oliver said that Thomas deserved a “break” from “the meanness of Washington so you can be surrounded by the regular folks whose lives you made demonstrably worse for decades.”
