Senate Panel Subpoenas Conservative Legal Advocate in Ethics Investigation of Trips Involving Supreme Court Justices
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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.
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The committee sent the subpoena on Thursday to Leonard Leo, the co-chair of the Federalist Society.
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Leo confirmed he got the subpoena, telling CNN that it was “politically motivated” and “unlawful.”
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Thomas was on lavish trips with Crow, developments which were not reported on the judge’s financial disclosure reports.
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Alito also did not report a fishing trip with Leo from 2008, according to ProPublica.