In the wake of another report Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose luxury travel expenses and other forms of gifts from prominent GOP donor Harlan Crow, Bruce Green, director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham Law, spoke with Newsweek about the likelihood of Attorney General Merrick Garland appointing a special counsel to investigate Justice Thomas.
Legal experts previously told Newsweek that it was unlikely that Garland would agree to open an investigation into the Supreme Court justice, even though Fordham Law School professor Bruce Green said that the Democrats “provide a strong case on the facts for opening a criminal investigation of Justice Thomas.”
Green told Newsweek that if Garland opened an investigation, “that would undermine public respect for the legitimacy of the Department of Justice. The Attorney General is unlikely to risk the legitimacy of his own institution to protect the legitimacy of the Supreme Court. He will leave it to Chief Justice Roberts and the other justices to keep their house in order.”
Read “Former FBI Deputy Director Hints Where Clarence Thomas May Have Broken Law” in Newsweek.