AOC leads call for federal ethics investigation into Clarence Thomas ( www.theguardian.com )

Five House Democrats led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York wrote to the US attorney general, Merrick Garland, to demand a federal investigation of the conservative supreme court justice Clarence Thomas, over his acceptance of undeclared gifts from billionaire rightwing donors.

“We write to urge the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into … Clarence Thomas for 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 Democrats said.

autismdragon ,
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The best I can say about this is that it might grab the attention of people who aren’t yet aware of Thomas’s corruption, because yeah otherwise this isn’t going anywhere.

AntiOutsideAktion ,
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Congress has the power to legislate how the supreme court works.

She could at least be doing a meaningless gesture that gestures towards something that could be useful.

jasonmax ,

He should be forced to resign.

the_post_of_tom_joad ,

Still too light: if we’re dreaming how bout thrown in jail?

Astroturfed ,

If you think this man would ever agree to resign, you haven’t been paying attention. He has to be impeached or he’ll probably die on the bench. This republican ghouls (and anyone involved in American politics in general (have you seen or heard Feinstein lately?)) are so addicted to the money and power they just never retire. Look at this walking corpse that has her family fighting over the inheritance already that’s a US senator:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/40a28af0-d3cd-49cb-ae36-90e522e61471.png

hglman ,

Pretty sure forced to resign means he doesn’t agree to it.

Astroturfed ,

Except there’s basically no way to do that… Kinda the whole issue. So, not sure wtf your really bad point is.

Melina ,
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Clarence the baker

SouthEndSunset ,

Clarence mate will come along and tell everyone that theres nothing and he always has this bag of cash.

AssortedBiscuits ,
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spoilerClarence Thomas will only stop being a Supreme Court judge when he’s dead.

imgprojts ,

That guy wouldn’t resign if he was caught shooting at someone on Wall Street with an assault rifle while also getting a BJ from a paid salary Playboy 🐰 model. Yeah, that’s how things are.

JamesConeZone ,
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Ah! Well, nevertheless

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