On Thursday, November 9, the Senate Judiciary Committee mysteriously and abruptly ended a hearing on proposed subpoenas related to the ethics investigation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. This occurred following Republicans push back against the subpoena suggestions with their own counter-subpoena against radical leftist megadonors George and Alex Soros.
Democrats began this investigation after ProPublica placed a spotlight on Thomas’ personal friendship with real-estate tycoon Harlon Crowe and alleged he may have been inappropriately influenced by him. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin had scheduled a vote for Thursday regarding subpoenas against Crown and Co-chair of The Federalist Society Leonard Leo.
It was suspected these two would discuss Thomas’ case, but that never came to fruition as Republicans moved in with an amendment to subpoena George and Alex Soros regarding their efforts to influence the composition of the U.S. Supreme Court or any matters before it.
Why did Democrats abruptly end the investigation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas after Republicans brought up a counter-subpoena of George Soros and his son Alex?
What do they have to hide? pic.twitter.com/zOEsnqVqxD
— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) November 10, 2023
Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Lindsey Graham (R-TX) further threatened subpoenas against Arabella Advisors – claiming it is “the biggest dark money group in the country” – while questioning other liberal justices such as Sonia Sotomayor about her book sales and her reported parole of 240,000 people from four countries without following individualized procedures outlined by law.
Hawley warned Democrats that they will regret this if Republicans regain majority power since precedent has now been set for future hearings leading up until then: “I’m not going to participate in a witch hunt against Justice Thomas.” In response, Durbin said he hopes a vote takes place soon but acknowledged that there are some issues that need addressing due to Republican amendments being put forward first in order for progress to be made.
This entire situation seems like yet another example of political motivated witch hunts occurring within our government today; it appears Democrats really wanted someone held accountable for potential impropriety involving Justice Thomas.
