Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse and Dick Durbin demanded details from 'court fixer' Leonard Leo and two billionaires who were featured in recent reporting on Justice Samuel Alito.
A pair of Senate Democrats on Wednesday pressed Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo and two right-wing billionaires to provide a detailed accounting of all gifts and hospitality they've provided to U.S. Supreme Court justices over the years, a demand that came amid a steady stream of revelations indicating rampant corruption on the high court. In separate letters to Leo, hedge fund tycoon Paul Singer, and real estate magnate Robin Arkley, Sens.
In their letters to Leo, Singer, and Arkley, Whitehouse and Durbin called on the three to turn over 'an itemized list of all gifts, payments, and items of value exceeding $415 given by you, or by entities you own or control or for which you have served as a partner, director, or officer, to any justice of the Supreme Court or a member of the justice's family, including the name of the Justice, the approximate dollar amount of each item, and the date it was extended.
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