Senate Dems Finally Subpoenaed GOP Puppetmaster Leonard Leo – Rolling Stone

Conservative activist&nbsp;<a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/leonard-leo/"  >Leonard Leo</a>&nbsp;was hit with a subpoena from <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/senate/"  id="auto-tag_senate"  data-tag="senate"  >Senate</a> Democrats on Thursday as part of a probe into Supreme Court ethics and whether individuals or groups used luxury gifts to access justices.<br>     The subpoena from the Senate Judiciary Committee arrives months after it was authorized, <a rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/politics/leonard-leo-subpoena-supreme-court-ethics-probe/index.html" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/politics/leonard-leo-subpoena-supreme-court-ethics-probe/index.html" target="_blank">CNN</a> reported. &ldquo;Mr. Leo has played a central role in the ethics crisis plaguing the Supreme Court and, unlike the other recipients of information requests in this matter, he has done nothing but stonewall the committee,&rdquo; Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the committee&#8217;s chairman, said in a statement to the outlet. &ldquo;This subpoena is a direct result of Mr. Leo&rsquo;s own actions and choices.&rdquo;<br>     Leo is the co-chair of the Federalist Society, the influential conservative lawyers network, and leads a sprawling dark-money operation working to influence the courts, politics, and policy. In 2021, Leo was the beneficiary of a historic <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/dark-money-leonard-leo-barre-seid" target="_blank">$1.6 billion dark money donation</a>. He told CNN that he would not comply with the subpoena, calling it &#8220;unlawful&#8221; and the &#8220;left&rsquo;s dark-money effort to silence and cancel political opposition.&rdquo;     <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1">                     <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="300">                  <div style="min-width:50px;min-height:75px;"   class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text"   data-priority="10" >    <div id="gpt-dsk-tab-article-inbody-uid0"       class="adw-300 adh-250" data-is-adhesion-ad="">         <script type="application/javascript">
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