Senate Democrats Subpoena Conservative Legal Advocate Leonard Leo in Supreme Court Ethics Probe

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Sen. Dick Durbin said the subpoena was sent because Mr. Leo has so far refused to cooperate with the committee’s inquiry.

Conservative legal advocate Leonard Leo was subpoenaed by the Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday as part of an inquiry into a series of alleged shortcomings among Supreme Court justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee—which is probing the alleged undisclosed travel and gifts to the conservative Supreme Court justices—confirmed the subpoena was issued to Mr. Leo.

The subpoena compels Mr. Leo, who served as an advisor to former President Donald Trump on Supreme Court nominations, to provide information regarding his relationships with the two men.

The Illinois Democrat said the subpoena was sent because Mr. Leo has so far refused to cooperate with the committee’s inquiry.

“Since July 2023, Leonard Leo has responded to the legitimate oversight requests of the Senate Judiciary Committee with a blanket refusal to cooperate,” he said. “His outright defiance left the Committee with no other choice but to move forward with compulsory process.”

The lawmaker added that Mr. Leo “has played a central role in the ethics crisis plaguing the Supreme Court and, unlike the other recipients of information requests in this matter, he has done nothing but stonewall the Committee.”

Senate Judiciary Committee members voted in November last year to subpoena Mr. Leo and Texas billionaire real-estate developer Harlan Crow after reporters emerged that Justice Thomas and Justice Alito had accepted and failed to disclose free luxury travel and gifts from the two men as well as from conservative donor Robin Arkley II.

Supreme Court Unveils Formal Code of Conduct

At the time the reports came to light, Justice Thomas said he has “always sought to comply with the disclosure guidelines” and did not previously disclose the hospitality from his close personal friend because he was advised early on that such activity “did not have business before the Court, was not reportable.”

He also pledged to disclose all necessary information going forward.

By Katabella Roberts

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