Overview

• The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved subpoenas for billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow and conservative legal activist Leonard Leo, in an ongoing investigation into Supreme Court ethics.
• Both Crow and Leo have been linked to providing undisclosed gifts and benefits to Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
• Republicans walked out of the hearing in protest, and later claimed the subpoenas were invalid due to a lack of quorum and the hearing exceeding two hours.
• The subpoenas are part of an investigation into the Supreme Court's failure to adopt a binding and enforceable ethics code.
• Despite the subpoenas, both Crow and Leo have indicated they will not cooperate with the investigation.