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W.Va. senator to pay $5 million in overdue taxes
Los Angeles Times
|November 26, 2025
U.S. Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia has agreed to pay nearly $5. 2 million in overdue personal taxes, in the latest saga for the former billionaire who has been followed by a trail of financial challenges going back for more than a decade.
ALEX BRANDON Associated Press SEN. Jim Justice (RW.Va.) was once listed as a billionaire by Forbes.
An attorney for Justice and his wife, Cathy, entered into a joint motion for consent judgment with the federal government Monday, the same day that the government filed a lawsuit saying that the couple “have neglected or refused to make full payment” for the income taxes dating to 2009. An attorney for the U.S. Justice Department’s tax division signed off on the agreement.
Justice had a fortune estimated at $1.9 billion last decade by Forbes magazine, which stripped his billionaire title in 2021, when Justice’s worth had dwindled to an estimated $513 million. Earlier this year, Forbes estimated that Justice’s net worth had disintegrated to “less than zero” due to liabilities that far exceeded assets.
A spokesperson for Justice’s office didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment Tuesday.
This story is from the November 26, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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