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FIRST ON FOX:<\/strong>\u00a0Conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo has again rejected demands from Senate Democrats as they seek to gather information as part of their ongoing investigation into conservative Supreme Court justices, Fox News Digital has learned.<\/p>\n

Senate Judiciary Committee\u00a0Democrats Dick Durbin of Illinois<\/a>\u00a0and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island have sent two letters to Leo and billionaire activists in recent months summoning information regarding trips and events that Supreme Court justices have taken and participated in over the years.<\/p>\n

On October 5, the senators sent the second letter to Leo, Harlan Crow and Robin Arkley in an attempt to strong-arm them into\u00a0complying with a previous July request<\/a>\u00a0for details about trips involving Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.<\/p>\n

However, Leo soundly rejected their demands on Friday in a letter his attorneys sent to committee chairman Durbin, a copy of which Fox News Digital has obtained.<\/p>\n

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“We have put forward clear and detailed reasons why the Committee’s inquiry is a form of political retaliation in violation of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection component of the Due Process Clause,” Leo’s attorney, David Rivkin, wrote in the letter. “But, for the most part, the October 5 Letter ignores these points, and, since our last correspondence, the Committee has only expanded the retaliatory campaign it is mounting against Mr. Leo.”<\/p>\n

“We also have explained at length why the Supreme Court ethics legislation the Committee has written would violate the separation of powers if enacted, and thus cannot legitimate the Committee\u2019s inquiry,” Rivkin said. “But the October 5 Letter offers virtually nothing in the way of rebuttal, and the Committee continues to press forward with its unconstitutional bill. Across the board, the October 5 Letter tries to shield the Committee\u2019s inquiry from our objections by simply acting as though they do not exist.”<\/p>\n

Rivkin added that they believe the Senate Judiciary Committee “is not entitled to the personal information it seeks” and, because they have not provided “arguments to the contrary,” declined to provide the information.<\/p>\n

The senators have requested an itemized list of gifts and payments from Leo or his linked groups dating back decades in relation to any Supreme Court justice he has associated with, as part of their investigation.<\/p>\n

“The latest response by Leonard Leo and Republican megadonors is a defensive, dismissive refusal to inform legislative efforts to establish a code of conduct for all Supreme Court Justices,” a Durbin spokesperson told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

“This effort is squarely within the Committee\u2019s jurisdiction, popular among the American people, and necessary to re-establish trust in the Supreme Court,” the spokesperson said. “So long as Chief Justice Roberts refuses to use his power to implement a code of conduct, Congress will continue to act. Chair Durbin and Senate Judiciary Democrats are considering next steps, and all options remain on the table.”<\/p>\n

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For decades, Leo has been a part of the Federalist Society, which has long been criticized by liberal activists for its involvement in helping advise and lobby former\u00a0President Trump<\/a>\u00a0through the nominations of Supreme Court Justices Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.<\/p>\n

The senators’ demands stem from ProPublica’s reporting on the travel habits of Justices Thomas and Alito, which conservatives have widely criticized by pointing out that many of the “experts” cited in the various reports have\u00a0undisclosed ties<\/u><\/a>\u00a0to Democratic causes.<\/p>\n

Conservatives have\u00a0called out<\/u><\/a>\u00a0ProPublica for being primarily funded by organizations and donors who support liberal causes, including court-packing and removing conservative justices from the court.<\/p>\n

Alito has\u00a0defended himself<\/a>\u00a0against ProPublica’s reporting, and Leo has released a statement dismissing the idea that the fishing trip was somehow kept from the public.<\/p>\n

“Justice Alito talked about this trip in front of dozens of journalists and over 2,000 people after being introduced by Paul Singer at a Federalist Society dinner fourteen years ago,” Leo said in a prior statement. “Nobody questioned Justice Alito\u2019s impartiality then, or thereafter.”<\/p>\n

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Leo added that “the only thing that has changed over all these years is that ProPublica and its large pool of liberal dark money donors are having a hard time accepting the fact that they are now losing cases because there aren\u2019t enough Justices around anymore to disregard the law and affirm their policy preferences.”<\/p>\n

Supporters of Thomas have insisted that he has broken no laws or ethics codes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Leo has also come under the microscope of Washington, D.C.’s Democrat attorney general Brian Schwalb, who launched an investigation into Leo’s network this past summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Schwalb’s office faced criticism for targeting Leo while ignoring a similar liberal dark money network overseen by the Arabella Advisors consulting firm.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, after the criticism, Schwalb’s office also opened a probe into the Arabella Advisors-managed network.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/conservative-judicial-activist-spurns-demands-senate-dems-supreme-court-investigation <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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