Leo rejects Senate subpoena from panel probing gifts to Supreme Court justices

Right-wing judicial activist Leonard Leo refusing to comply with Senate ethics subpoena

Because of his work with the Federalist Society — first as vice president, now as co-chairman of their board of directors — attorney Leonard Leo has played a major role in pushing the United States' federal and state courts to the far right. Leo has championed many of the positions taken by the U.S. Supreme Court in recent years, from overturning abortion as a national right in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to outlawing the use of…

Billionaire Leonard Leo rejects Senate subpoena over supreme court gifts

Progressive groups hail long-brewed move against influential donor but protest lack of summons for Harlan CrowThe big-money rightwing donor Leonard Leo said he would not comply with a subpoena issued by the US Senate judiciary committee, as it investigates undisclosed gifts to conservative supreme court justices that have stoked an ethics crisis at a court already held in historically low public esteem.Referring to Dick Durbin, the Illinois Demo…

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

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…

Senate Democrats issue subpoena in Supreme Court ethics probe

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued a subpoena to a conservative legal advocate as a part of an ethics probe driven by reports of undisclosed gifts to some conservative Supreme Court justices, multiple outlets reported on Thursday.   The committee sent the subpoena on Thursday to Leonard Leo, the co-chair…

Court packer Leonard Leo "rejects" Senate subpoena for testimony on Supreme Court gifts, calls it "politically motivated" - National Zero

Leonard Leo, the co-chair of the Federalist Society and one of the few people allowed to have portraits painted with Justice Clarence Thomas, said he will refuse to comply with a subpoena for testimony issued by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Washington Post reports, saying the investigation into potentially unethical gifts to Supreme Court Justices to keep them on the Court to enshrine conservative political philosophy is “politically moti…

US Senate panel chair issues subpoena in Supreme Court ethics probe

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