Senate Judiciary Committee Urges Chief Justice Roberts to Probe Clarence Thomas Trips
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Senate Democrats are calling on U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to open an investigation into the undisclosed acceptance of luxury trips taken by Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife that were paid for by a Republican megadonor.
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Senate Democrats urge supreme court investigation of Clarence Thomas
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Senate Judiciary Committee Urges Chief Justice Roberts to Probe Clarence Thomas Trips
Sixteen Democratic lawmakers are demanding that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts open an ethics investigation into Associate Justice Clarence Thomas for taking vacations with a GOP megadonor.
Senators said the Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing in the coming days about the "need to restore confidence in the Supreme Court's ethical standards."
The lawmakers said the chief justice was duty-bound to conduct a “swift, thorough, independent and transparent investigation” of Thomas’ undisclosed travel with billionaire Harlan Crow in order to “safeguard public faith in the judiciary.”
WASHINGTON — All Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have called on Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate undisclosed luxury trips that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted from a wealthy Republican donor.
Senate Democrats are calling on U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to open an investigation into the undisclosed acceptance of luxury trips taken by Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife that were paid for by a Republican megadonor.
In a letter to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee told Roberts to open an immediate investigation into Clarence Thomas or they will take action.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee called on U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday to open an investigation into the undisclosed acceptance of luxury trips
Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee called on Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. to investigate a report that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury trips around the globe for two decades from a prominent Republican donor without disclosing them.
“You have a role to play as well, both in investigating how such conduct could take place ... and in ensuring that such conduct does not happen again.”
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are calling for an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' alleged "misconduct" detailed in a liberal news outlet's report.
In a letter to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Democrats from the Senate Judiciary Committee call for an investigation into Clarence Thomas's decades of luxury travel funded by a Republican donor.
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