Senators To Seek Subpoenas In SCOTUS Ethics Probe

NBC News reports:

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee announced plans Monday to seek subpoenas for three influential conservatives who have been a key focus of the panel’s investigation into Supreme Court ethics.

In a joint statement, Committee Chairman Dick Durbin of Illinois and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., who chairs the panel’s subcommittee on federal courts and oversight, said previous inquiries the panel sent to GOP donors Harlan Crow and Robin Arkley II, as well as judicial activist Leonard Leo, were “critical” to their work following a series of news reports about conservative justices accepting gifts and trips paid for by billionaires without disclosing them.

The senators said the committee had received refusals to comply or “limited information,” necessitating the need for subpoenas.

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BREAKING — The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote as soon as next week to issue subpoenas as part of its Supreme Court ethics investigation, Chair Durbin announces.

Subpoena targets:
—Harlan Crow
—Leonard Leo
—Robin Arkley II

Significant escalation of Dem-led probe. More TK.

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) October 30, 2023

Committee could vote on the subpoenas as soon as next Thursday, Nov. 9

Sens. Durbin/Whitehouse joint stmt: “it is imperative that we understand the full extent of how people with interests before the Court are able to use undisclosed gifts to gain private access to the justices”

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) October 30, 2023

I just announced: I’m asking the Senate Judiciary Committee to grant me authorization to issue subpoenas to Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo, and Robin Arkley II – the next step in our Supreme Court ethics investigation. pic.twitter.com/FSWcKVN3wS

— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) October 30, 2023