Dick Durbin, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced the next step of the investigation into SCOTUS ethics issues: subpeonas for Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo, and Robin Arkley II.
Wait, Robin who?
Oh this guy has some colorful stories circulating about him, for starter with the Native American crowd.
Hmm
"To recap the background here, the Senate Judiciary Committee is following up on a string of investigative stories (primarily from nonprofit outlet ProPublica) examining the cozy relationships between conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court and billionaire donors such as real estate tycoon Harlan Crow and hedge fund manager Paul Singer. "
"Arkley was implicated through a ProPublica investigation published in June, which detailed a luxury Alaskan fishing vacation Alito took in 2008. The trip was planned and attended by conservative activist and Federalist Society executive Leonard Leo, and the VIP guests reportedly stayed for free at a luxury fishing lodge owned by Arkley.
"A planning document prepared by lodge staff describes Alito as a guest of Arkley," the ProPublica story says. "Another guest on the trip told ProPublica the trip was a gift from Arkley, and two lodge employees said they were told that Alito wasn't paying."
"Arkley also flew late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to Alaska in his private jet in 2005, according to ProPublica's reporting, and in a memorable anecdote, Scalia mixed martinis with ice chipped off the Hubbard Glacier while aboard a chartered fishing vessel called the Happy Hooker IV." https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2023/oct/5/arkley-refusing-comply-senate-judiciary-committees/
Oh dear.
And this must be the ProPublica article, if you want to see what these guys look like: https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court
There's two more
I'll leave it to someone else to figure out if the articles have been scrubbed or not.
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