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Democratic senators ask attorney general to criminally investigate Clarence Thomas (www.nbcnews.com)

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., who chairs the Judiciary subcommittee on federal courts, and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden of Oregon sent a letter last week asking Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to examine whether Thomas violated federal ethics and tax laws when he didn't disclose as income more than $267,000 of a loan that was allegedly forgiven in 2008.

"We do not make this request lightly," the senators wrote. "The evidence assembled thus far plainly suggests that Justice Thomas has committed numerous willful violations of federal ethics and false-statement laws and raises significant questions about whether he and his wealthy benefactors have complied with their federal tax obligations."

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

All we really need is the barest evidence and then due to the SCOTUS ruling the President can order the FBI to just have them arrested for corruption. Since he's immune from official actions, afterall.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

That's a good point, if the 5 corrupt judges are in jail, they can't vote to get themselves out, lol. Genius.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

There are 4 more that probably took bribes, go after all of them.