POE Calls for Investigations Into Justice Thomas in Light of New Financial Disclosures

http://protectourelections.org/index.php?q=node%2F326


New Information Reveals Thomas Invested In Lobbying Firm Tied To Tea Party and Engaged In "Judicial Insider Trading" To Enrich His Wife


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First, the organization alleges, Justice Thomas falsified 20 years of judicial financial disclosure forms by denying that his wife had income sources; second, he engaged in judicial corruption by receiving $100,000 in support from Citizens United during his nomination and then ruling in favor of Citizens United in 2010 without disclosing that fact or disqualifying himself; and third, he apparently conspired with his wife in a form of "judicial insider trading" by providing her with information about the result of the Court's decision in Citizens United prior to its issuance, which she then used to launch a new company to take financial advantage of that decision to benefit her and her husband.

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"Justice Thomas' newest disclosures provide powerful evidence that he engaged in official corruption by investing in Liberty Consulting and by conspiring with his wife to enrich themselves from the Citizens United decision through Liberty Consulting and Liberty Central," said ProtectOurElections.org attorney and spokesman Kevin Zeese. "As we have previously pointed out , Liberty Consulting and Liberty Central Justice are linked and appear to be AstroTurf scams meant to take advantage of the Citizens United decision and defraud donors. Now, it is clear that Justice Thomas invested in Liberty Consulting, which was founded by his wife shortly after she was forced by scandal to resign from Liberty Central."

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thank you POE - get the bastard

This is clearly unethical and I have to think that it is illegal to influence a Federal judge this way. If so, Congress' duty is clear, but they won't do it because their owners want Romney Care struck and that is all that matters.

i'm so tired of the real criminals walking. don't let this bastard walk.

will have to do it.

...we all need to keep the pressure on, by letting our Reps and Senators know that we want this to be investigated.

K&R

The real scandal of the week.

"Advocacy Group Says Justices May Have Conflict in Campaign Finance Cases"

Published: January 19, 2011

The group, Common Cause, filed a petition with the Justice Department on Wednesday asking it to investigate whether Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas should have recused themselves in the case, involving Citizens United, because of their attendance at past retreats organized by the conservative financier Charles Koch, whose company operates a foundation that is a major contributor to political advocacy groups.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/us/politics/20koch.html

any Neocon judges to the Supreme Court to date.

nt

Rec