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AOC Launches Impeachment Effort Against Justices Thomas and Alito

HeadlineJul 11, 2024

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez led a group of House Democrats in introducing articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito for failing to disclose gifts they received, over decades, from right-wing billionaires.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Justices Thomas and Alito’s yearslong pattern of misconduct and failure to recuse in cases bearing their clear personal and financial involvement represents an abuse of power and threat to our democracy, fundamentally incompatible with continued service on our nation’s highest court.”

The impeachment effort is not expected to move forward in the Republican-controlled House.

This comes as more details emerged this week about gifts received by Justice Thomas from the conservative megadonor Harlan Crow and others, including a yacht trip to Russia in 2003. In a letter sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Ron Wyden called on Garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate Thomas, and said the justice may have committed tax fraud by not reporting the gifts.

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