Overview
- Federal prosecutors sued Jim and Cathy Justice on Nov. 24 in the Southern District of West Virginia over unpaid 2009 federal income taxes.
- Hours later, both sides filed a joint motion for a consent judgment in which the couple agreed to pay $5,164,739.75 plus statutory interest and additions.
- The consent judgment requires court approval, and the filings do not specify the payment timeline.
- The case references an IRS assessment dated Nov. 25, 2015, and the lawsuit was filed one day before the typical 10-year collection period would end, according to court records and reports.
- The tax action follows recent IRS liens totaling more than $8 million and separate state liens and court orders involving Justice family businesses; the senator has not commented on the latest suit after previously calling such efforts politically motivated.