House GOP Launches Probe Into D.C. Prosecutor’s ‘Politically Motivated Investigation’ of Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo, Architect of the Conservative Supreme Court 

The attorney general of the District of Columbia, Brian Schwalb, is reportedly investigating whether Leo improperly transferred funds from one of his nonprofit organizations.

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Representative James Comer during a hearing of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, April 19, 2023. AP/Alex Brandon

The chairmen of the House Judiciary and Oversight committees, Congressmen Jim Jordan and James Comer, are requesting information from the District of Columbia’s attorney general related to his reported investigation of a conservative legal activist, Leonard Leo. Mr. Leo is despised by liberals for his hugely influential role in ensuring the elevation of conservative jurists to the federal bench, including to the Supreme Court.

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