Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has announced that the Subpoenas were issued to legal defenders. outlet It was reported on Thursday.
The committee on Thursday subpoenaed Leonard Leo, co-chairman of the Federalist Society, who was a key figure in recruiting former President Trump’s nominees for the nation’s highest court.
“Since July 2023, Leonard Leo has completely refused to cooperate with the Senate Judiciary Committee’s legitimate oversight requests,” Durbin said in a statement. Reuters. “His open defiance has left the committee with no choice but to proceed with mandatory proceedings.”
The subpoena follows reports that Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito had accepted lavish gifts and travel, but did not disclose them. This comes months after Congress voted to subpoena both the Republican Party and major Republican donor Harlan Crowe. It’s unclear why it took several months between the November vote and the subpoenas to be sent.
Leo confirmed that he received the subpoena and said: CNN It claimed it was “politically motivated” and “illegal.”
He described it as “a left-wing dark money effort to silence and cancel political opposition” and said it was “not surrendering”.
According to CNN, Leo’s attorney, David Rivkin, sent a letter to Durbin saying his client has “not responded” to the “unlawful and politically motivated subpoena.”
According to multiple articles published by ProPublica, Thomas went on lavish trips with Crowe, a development that was not reported in the judge’s financial disclosure report. According to , Alito also did not report any fishing trips with Leo since 2008. propublica.
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