As congressional Democrats scoffed at U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' attempt to defend taking luxury vacations funded by a billionaire Republican mega-donor, a group of 16 Democratic lawmakers on Friday urged Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate "allegations of unethical and potentially unlawful conduct" by a member of the nation's highest court.
In a letter led by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Rep. Hank Johnson Jr., D-Ga., the Democrats—who include eight members of the Senate and eight House lawmakers—cited Thursday's bombshell report by ProPublica detailing how "Thomas has repeatedly accepted and failed to disclose gifts and travel from billionaire Harlan Crow."
