'After a week of silence from the court and the latest disturbing reporting, I'm urging the Judicial Conference to step in and refer Justice Thomas to the attorney general for investigation,' said SenWhitehouse
his sale of the Savannah properties. That appears to be a violation of the law, four ethics law experts toldWhitehouse said in response that"Justice Thomas told us that he didn't disclose free vacations on a superyacht and private jet because it was personal hospitality from a friend and that's just what friends do."
"Well, friends don't also buy your properties and deck them out for your family members to continue living in," the senator added."And if all of this was on the up and up, why didn't Justice Thomas disclose it to the American people as the law clearly requires? The Supreme Court justices are so deeply ensconced in a cocoon of special interest money that they can no longer be trusted to police themselves without proper process."Sen.
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