Via @emptywheel: 1/...🧵
Maybe #HarlanCrow thinks that, by dint of purchasing himself a #SCOTUS justice, he’s effectively President under the Mazars precedent.
Jay Willis:
Harlan Crow's lawyers fired off a pound-sand letter to the Judiciary Committee explaining why investigating Crow's patronge of Clarence Thomas "raises substantial separation of powers concerns," and all due respect to "Michael D. Bopp" but I don't think this is your call dude.
I mean, we should all be a bit concerned about the implications that Congress is threatening the independence of the judiciary with this pursuit.
I'm glad to see Crow's people standing up for that notion, even if it's because he has a personal interest in supporting that key to the federal design.
@volkris @GottaLaff @emptywheel If anyone is going to threaten the independence of the judiciary, it's Crow and his millions in donations, not those Dem senators...
@volkris @GottaLaff @emptywheel Me too. But since neither of us are in a position to help megadonors, we cannot expect them to lavish us with millions in gifts.
So I guess our own independence cannot be compromised - even if it were for sale, there would be no takers.