John Oliver Tries Yet Again To Bribe Clarence Thomas Into Retiring From SCOTUS With $1 Million A Year Offer

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So long as he will get out earlier than they’re doing the June choices, I might be prepared to open discussions once more.

If you wish to get in contact and open up the negotiations once more, I nonetheless have the contract within the drawer in my desk. And I’d be prepared to do this. However once more, till one in all us dies, and hopefully that will probably be you.

— Comic John Oliver of “Final Week Tonight,” in feedback given throughout a recent appearance on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” the place he reinstated his provide to pay Clarence Thomas $1 million a 12 months till one in all them died if the controversial justice resigns from the Supreme Court. The provide additionally included a $2 million luxurious motor house. “It was each an enormous aid and massively disappointing that he didn’t take it,” Oliver informed Meyers, referring to the offer he originally made to Thomas in February 2024. Try the complete clip, under.

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