Senate Democrats Subpoena Conservative Legal Advocate Leonard Leo in Supreme Court Ethics Probe

Sen. Dick Durbin said the subpoena was sent because Mr. Leo has so far refused to cooperate with the committee’s inquiry.

Supreme Court justices pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington. (Front L–R) Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Elena Kagan. (Back L–R) Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, on Oct. 7, 2022. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Conservative legal advocate Leonard Leo was subpoenaed by the Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday as part of an inquiry into a series of alleged shortcomings among Supreme Court justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee—which is probing the alleged undisclosed travel and gifts to the conservative Supreme Court justices—confirmed the subpoena was issued to Mr. Leo.