1. The amount of income didn't have to be reported, just the source.
2. The Heritage Foundation reported payments to G. Thomas in 2003-2007.
3. That led to the discovery that C. Thomas had left blank the box disclosing that his wife had income from an outside source.
4. This was in 2011.
5. The IRS would've looked into then if they were going to look at it at all.
6. The statute of limitations has long expired in the unlikely event the income wasn't reported for tax purposes.
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