(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . They did it! Trump and GOP demand judicial recusal if family members have political ties/donations [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-05-31 The GOP has made it clear that they strongly believe any judge with a family member that has a connection or donates to a political party should automatically recuse themselves. Former President Donald Trump recently ramped up his attacks against the daughter of the judge presiding over his hush-money criminal trial in New York, and repeatedly cited her Democratic ties in a new attempt this week to remove the judge from the case. Speaker Mike Johnson seems to agree… “Among the atrocities here, the judge's own daughter is making millions of dollars doing online fundraising for Democrats,” Johnson said, conflating Merchan’s daughter’s purported fundraising efforts with her own salary. “They're using this trial as a hook, it's so corrupt.” Interesting position…. Virginia Thomas, a conservative activist married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in a series of urgent text exchanges in the critical weeks after the vote, according to copies of the messages obtained by The Washington Post and CBS News. for Republicans… A whistleblower from the legal recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa says Jane Sullivan Roberts, the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, was paid $10.3 million in commissions over seven years from her job as a headhunter at the company, where she placed attorneys with law firms—including at least one that argued a case before the Supreme Court after the placement was made. Sullivan Roberts was paid the money between 2007 and 2014, having taken a job with the company two years after her husband was confirmed to the Supreme Court, according to a report out Friday from Business Insider. to take… Martha-Ann Alito is known to have strong political opinions in private settings but has not been politically active in the way that Ginni Thomas has been, several people who know the Alitos said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss their interactions. Campaign finance records show that in 2020 she made a $250 political donation to a Republican Senate candidate from Virginia, earmarked through the Republican fundraising platform WinRed. One neighbor recalled a conversation with Martha-Ann Alito that turned to abortionafter her husband wrote the majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022. The neighbor, who described himself as a liberal, told her it was a difficult issue. He said Martha-Ann Alito responded flatly: “It’s not that difficult at all.” Dear Democrats: Maybe you should force the media to reconcile the hypocrisy instead of assuming there is nothing to be gained from highlighting GOP contradictions. You’re Welcome. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/31/2244011/-They-did-it-Trump-and-GOP-publicly-declare-political-ties-off-limits-for-family-members-of-judges?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/