President Biden wants to establish Supreme Court ethics rules, but the lame-duck president has his own history of accepting gifts from powerful and wealthy friends.
President Biden wants to establish an enforceable ethics code for Supreme Court justices, but the lame-duck president has been criticized over his own apparent conflicts of interest, including his relationship with friend and billionaire donor Joe Kiani. Following his address at the Democratic National Convention Monday, Biden and his family flew to Santa Ynez, California, to vacation at Kiani's ranch-style estate.
News of the first family's vacation at Kiani's ranch comes amid Democratic efforts to reshape the Supreme Court, including an enforceable ethics code for justices and term limits. These efforts were largely spurred by Justice Clarence Thomas' relationship with Republican Party donor Harlan Crow. Thomas, who has described Crow as one of his family's 'dearest friends,' has been under fire from critics for vacationing with Crow and accepting other gifts from him.
Other trips mentioned in the complaint include a trip to the South Carolina beachfront mansion of Democratic Party donor Maria Allwin, a stay in Nantucket at private equity founder David Rubenstein's $39 million mansion and a New Years trip to Bill and Connie Neville's private Island property in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Nevilles were invited to a 2015 state dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping around the time they began sharing their house, according to the complaint.
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