The subpoena was issued last October by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who began his investigation into the Supreme Court after revelations in Pro Publica that Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose luxury trips he took with a Republican megadonor."He has done nothing but stonewall the committee," Durbin said in a statement. "This subpoena is a direct result of Mr. Leo's own actions and choices.
"I will not bow to the vile and disgusting liberal McCarthyism that seeks to destroy the Supreme Court simply because it follows the Constitution rather than their political agenda," Leo said last fall. "For the reasons previously set forth, Mr. Leo is not complying with the Democrat Senate Judiciary Committee members' unlawful and politically motivated subpoena," Rivkin wrote in the letter to the committee.
"When Ranking Member Graham, D-S.C., challenged this, Chairman Dubin refused to allow the challenge and proceeded to the vote," Senate Republicans said. "Chairman Durbin proceeded with an illegitimate vote on the subpoena."
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