Some House Democrats want Supreme Clarence Thomas investigated by the Justice Dept……

The drip…DROP of stories about the Supreme Court Justice and his wife getting freebioe’s NOT reported has got stronger….

The action by Democrats, who Thomas has spent time knocking from the bench, IS a political pushback that Thomas HAS invited by his actions and politics……

We’re seeing a ex-President arrested….

Why NOT a Supreme Court justice talking to FBI agents?

A group of leading House Democrats on Friday called for the Justice Department to open an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

Why it matters: Calls by Democratic lawmakers for the court to conduct an internal inquiry into Thomas’ lavish donor-funded trips, as well as their efforts to conduct their own probe, have been met with stonewalling.

Driving the news: The nonprofit news organization ProPublica, in a report on Thursday, offered new details about the scale of Thomas’ undisclosed, billionaire-funded travel during his decades on the court.

• The outlet reported that Thomas has taken at least 38 trips – including private jet flights, a yacht voyage and stays at luxury resorts – paid for by multiple conservative billionaires.

What they’re saying: “We write to urge the Department of Justice (‘DOJ’) to launch an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas,” five House Democrats led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wrote in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

• The probe, they said, should look at Thomas “consistently failing to report significant gifts he received from Harlan Crow and other billionaires for nearly two decades—in defiance of his duty under federal law.”
• The lawmakers pointed to statute requiring federal judges to disclose gifts, including travel, worth more than $1,000.
• “No individual, regardless of their position or stature, should be exempt from legal scrutiny for lawbreaking,” they wrote……

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Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads)

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If anyone in the Department of Justice (or any executive position) did what Thomas did, he would be fired and under investigation. Will Garland show backbone, at long last? He was nominated to do just that, but has displayed it with insufficient frequency.

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I do NOT think Thomas is gonna have to face the music…..

Republicans’s WILL have his back…..

But it is gonna be a drag on him…..

And may end up having Congress set some new rules on the justices….