Democrats charge forward with political vote to subpoena conservatives

 

The Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats voted to authorize two subpoenas of wealthy conservatives on Thursday as the next step in their Supreme Court ethics probe.

The committee’s eleven Democrats voted to approve the subpoenas for billionaire real estate developer Harlan Crow, who is a close friend of Justice Clarence Thomas, and conservative activist Leonard Leo, executive vice president of The Federalist Society, as Republicans walked out of the meeting. Durbin had pushed off votes during two prior hearings.

“We believe what you are doing is politically motivated,” Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said. “There’s not an ounce of legislative purpose in these subpoenas. Because if you really gave a damn about legislation to fix the problem, you would bring the bill up to the floor that has passed this committee.”...more