U.S. Sen. Justice settles with Trump Department of Justice over IRS tax debtNov 24, 2025
Steven Allen Adams
Parkersburg News and SentinelCHARLESTON – In a late Monday night filing, U.S. Sen. Jim Justice agreed to settle with President Donald Trump’s Internal Revenue Service for more than $5.1 million in outstanding tax debts owed by the former governor and former first lady Cathy Justice.
According to a joint motion for consent judgement filed Monday night by attorneys for U.S. Sen. Justice and Cathy Justice and attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division, the Justices agreed to pay $5,164,739.75 in unpaid federal income tax liabilities dating back to 2009 as of Aug. 4, plus statutory interest and other additions to tax accruing thereafter until paid in full.
The joint motion for consent judgement came following a filing earlier Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia by the Department of Justice – at the direction of Attorney General Pam Bondi – on behalf of the IRS seeking $5.1 million in unpaid federal income tax liabilities. ...
According to Justice’s most recent U.S. Senate financial disclosure report, Justice reported 139 assets between him and his wife valued between $335.2 million and more than $1.8 billion combined. Twenty of those assets were valued at more than $50 million each, including the Greenbrier Hotel Corp. Justice reported earning between $12,407 and $32,000 from those assets.
Justice reported in his financial disclosure between $35.9 million and more than $151.8 million in liabilities. These include between $26.6 million and $56.3 million in on-demand lines of credit from five Justice-owned companies, and between $7 million and more than $85 million in judgments, though Justice’s report severely underestimates these judgments. But other estimates place Justice’s liabilities at more than $1 billion. ...
A few observations: being a Trump supporter didn't help Jim Justice in this instance. This buffoon has a long history of unpaid bills and unpaid taxes in his home state of West Virginia. Enough is enough, and it was just too much for DOJ to overlook.
Also, it's stupid that the headline refers to the "Trump Dept of Justice," as if there were another one at the moment. This writer places too much emphasis on the fact that the DOJ is under Trump's command right now, as if we didn't know. He is not a very competent statehouse reporter, I've noticed over the years.
