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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Kari Paul and agency

Senate Democrats urge supreme court investigation of Clarence Thomas

Senators called on Roberts (right) to investigate Thomas (left), while Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on Thomas to be impeached.
Senators called on the chief justice, John Roberts, right, to investigate Clarence Thomas, left. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images

The US Senate judiciary committee’s Democratic members on Monday unanimously urged the supreme court chief justice, John Roberts, to investigate luxury trips taken by associate justice Clarence Thomas that were paid for by a hugely wealthy Republican party donor.

The senators deemed the justice’s conduct inconsistent with ethical standards for “any person in a position of public trust”, they said.

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