Key takeaways:
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be impeached following a report of undisclosed gifts from a billionaire Republican megadonor.
- The federal judiciary announced in a letter to lawmakers last month that it had tightened its rules for what judges and justices need to include in their annual financial disclosure statements.
- The report has sparked a debate about the ethics of Supreme Court justices receiving gifts from their friends and donors, and questions about the level of transparency and accountability of the Supreme Court.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be impeached Thursday following a report that he had received gifts, including luxury trips, from a billionaire Republican megadonor, and failed to disclose them on his annual financial disclosure statements.
The report, published by ProPublica, detailed the trips allegedly taken by Thomas, including travel in the donor’s private jet and visits to a private resort in upstate New York. Ocasio-Cortez described the degree of corruption as “shocking – almost cartoonish” in a tweet on Thursday.
The federal judiciary announced in a letter to lawmakers last month that it had tightened its rules for what judges and justices need to include in their annual financial disclosure statements. This change was made just weeks before the ProPublica article was published.
In response to the report, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “This is beyond party or partisanship. Thomas must be impeached. Barring some dramatic change, this is what the Roberts court will be known for: rank corruption, erosion of democracy, and the stripping of human rights.”
The report has sparked a debate about the ethics of Supreme Court justices receiving gifts from their friends and donors. It has also raised questions about the level of transparency and accountability of the Supreme Court.
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