Former Gov and US Senator Jim Justice being sued for millions in back taxes

Former West Virginia governor and current U.S. Sen. Jim Justice, along with his wife and state Board of Education member Cathy Justice, have filed a motion to settle a federal lawsuit aiming to collect millions of dollars in unpaid income tax assessments, court documents said. A joint motion for consent judgement was filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia as records show the Justices owe more than $5 million in federal taxes, penalties and interest dating back to 2009. Once considered to be the wealthiest resident of West Virginia, a report from Forbes released earlier this year suggested Jim Justice was projected to have a net worth “less than zero.” The report cited the decline of Justice’s assets – including coal mines and the Greenbrier Resort – along with an estimated $1 billion of collective debt