Senate Democrats vote to subpoena Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo in Supreme Court ethics probe as GOP storms out
Republicans on the panel slammed the move as political theater and accused the 11 Democrats of violating committee rules.
Riley BegginJohn FritzeUSA TODAY
WASHINGTON − Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to subpoena a wealthy donor and a legal activist with ties to conservative Supreme Court justices after partisan bickering ended with Republicans storming out of the hearing as the final vote was tallied.
Republicans on the panel slammed the move as political theater and accused the 11 Democrats of violating committee rules.
Democrats requested details of gifts, transportation, lodging, travel and private club access provided to justices by billionaire GOP donor Harlan Crow that appear to have been tied in some cases to conservative legal activist Leonard Leo. They moved forward with subpoenas Thursday after concluding neither Crow nor Leo were willing to voluntarily provide the information they had been seeking.
Crow, a Texas-based real estate developer, has been closely linked to Justice Clarence Thomas after news reports showed he had provided the justice with international luxury trips, paid his grand-nephew's private school tuition, and purchased property from Thomas' family. Leo, co-chairman of the Federalist Society, has been instrumental in efforts to elevate conservative judges to the federal courts.
"Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats' goal all along has been to ensure that, like all other federal judges, Supreme Court justices are bound by an enforceable code of conduct," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the committee's chairman.
"Today's vote to issue subpoenas to Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo − two individuals who have refused to comply with this Committee’s legitimate oversight requests for months and are at the center of the Supreme Court’s ethical crisis − furthers that goal," Dubin said.
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Of course, the FPA/GOP objected. What do you expect from a Party whose treasonous activities include trying to cancel a Lawful Election, and place a Dictator in the WHITE HOUSE? To them, Hitler and Stalin are heroes, and the Constitution is the enemy- David.
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