The Left’s hatred of the Supreme Court has hit an all-time high. They won’t stop at nothing to make the SCOTUS justices’ lives as difficult as possible.
And Clarence Thomas has become the victim of this disgusting assault lobbed by Senate Dems.
Democrats are furious with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).
Their hatred of the nation’s high Court became very apparent after the Court reversed Roe v. Wade in 2022.
That hatred reached new heights when the SCOTUS ruled that former President Donald Trump has partial immunity in some of his legal cases.
And that’s why the Left is working overtime to try and tear down the conservative justices who sit on the Court’s bench.
Senators Urge Special Counsel Investigation into Justice Clarence Thomas
In a significant development, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) have called upon Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate whether Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has violated federal ethics and tax laws.
In a letter sent to Garland last week, the senators referenced recent news reports indicating that Thomas failed to disclose luxury trips and gifts received over the past 20 years.
Whitehouse and Wyden argue that Thomas may have breached the Ethics in Government Act, which makes it a crime for a public servant to “knowingly and willfully” neglect to report gifts and income from external sources.
“The breadth of the omissions uncovered to date, and the serious possibility of additional tax fraud and false statement violations by Justice Thomas and his associates, warrant the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate this misconduct,” the lawmakers wrote.
Justice Thomas has denied any ethical wrongdoing, asserting that he was advised he did not need to disclose gifts from friends on his financial reports.
“Early in my tenure at the Court, I sought guidance from my colleagues and others in the judiciary, and was advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the Court, was not reportable,” Thomas stated in April 2023.
The senators also raised concerns that Thomas might have broken tax laws by not repaying the principal of a $267,230 loan used to purchase a motorhome. Investigators from Wyden’s office suggested that the loan was forgiven, prompting questions about whether Thomas reflected this on his tax returns.
Thomas’s lawyer, however, maintained that the loan was not forgiven and that Thomas met its terms.
“Justice Thomas failed to clarify whether or why he failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in forgiven debt on his federal income tax returns and pay the income taxes owed,” the senators wrote.
“We submit that the facts we have developed, combined with strategically evasive answers, creates predication for further investigation by relevant authorities.”
Amidst these allegations, there is a broader push within Congress to enforce a stricter code of ethics for Supreme Court justices, which would include consequences for non-compliance.
However, this initiative faces significant partisan resistance, with Republican lawmakers unlikely to support such legislation.
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