Conservative activist subpoenaed by Dems in SCOTUS ethics probe refusing to comply: 'Politically motivated'

Conservative activist Leonard Leo has been subpoenaed by the Senate Judiciary Committee related to an investigation into Supreme Court ethics in what he calls a "politically motivated" move that he will not abide by.

"Today, I received an unlawful and politically motivated subpoena from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin," Leo said in a statement on Thursday.

"I am not capitulating to his lawless support of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and the left's dark money effort to silence and cancel political opposition."

Leo was subpoenaed by the committee in what is the latest back and forth between Senate Democrats and Leo as the Senate has continued summoning information regarding trips and events that Supreme Court justices have taken and participated in over the years.

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For decades, Leo has been a part of the Federalist Society, which has long been criticized by liberal activists for its involvement in helping advise and lobby former President Donald Trump through the nominations of Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

The senators have previously asked for an itemized list of gifts and payments from Leo or groups he is associated with dating back decades and related to any Supreme Court justice he has associated with amid public outcry from Democrats accusing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of ethics violations, which have been dismissed by many as politically motivated.

In a Thursday letter to Durbin, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary, Leo’s lawyer David Rivkin Jr., reiterated Leo is "not complying" with the "unlawful and politically motivated subpoena."

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