Megyn Kelly: Is Rep. Weiner Actually Trying to Get Clarence Thomas Disbarred?
- Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:25pm by
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According to a report from the Huffington Post, Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., and a group of congressional Democrats are drafting demands that Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas be disbarred in the state of Missouri and investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice. Weiner’s regular antithesis, Fox’s Megyn Kelly, caught wind of the story today and reached out to him. Interestingly, he’s denying it.
First, the report from HuffPo:
The perjury allegations stem from Justice Thomas’ years-long failure to disclose his wife’s non-investment income as required by law — something he’s now all but admitted. The accusations of bribery are connected to a $100,000 ad campaign, made during Thomas’ 1991 confirmation hearings by the conservative Citizens United group, the allegation being that Justice Thomas repaid Citizens United for helping him get confirmed by ruling in their favor in the 2010 Citizens United v. FEC case.
These Congressional actions, which would likely be released before Congress goes into recess next week, bring to three the number of serious — and official — accusations being leveled against Justice Thomas.
Watchdog group Common Cause sent a letter to the Judicial Conference of the U.S. on January 21 asking it to determine if Justice Thomas had violated the Ethics in Government Act when he failed to disclose his wife’s income from 2003 to 2009, and refer the matter to the Attorney General’s Office if it found the allegation to be true.
Justice Thomas wrote to the Committee on Financial Disclosure the same day and explained that he didn‘t disclose his wife’s substantial income “…due to a misunderstanding of the filing instructions.” Some lawyers say this amounts to a confession of perjury, and add that the filing instructions merely ask if the filer is married, and if so, if the spouse had any non-investment income.
Then, on February 23rd, a progressive activist group, Protect Our Elections, made a formal complaint covering the same allegations — and more — about Thomas’ actions to the Missouri Supreme Court; allegations — especially the allegations of perjury — that could potentially lead to Justice Thomas’ disbarment in that state, where he’s licensed to practice law.
“If someone confessed to 13 years of perjury that could certainly be a violation of the Missouri Code of Professional Conduct, [and] it would not be unusual for a disbarment to flow from that,” says Barbara Glesner Fines, associate dean of the University of Missouri Law School in Kansas City, Mo.
On Wednesday, Kelly discussed Weiner’s ongoing attacks on Justice Thomas, which she herself has sparred with the congressman about in heated interviews in the past. Weiner has previously demanded Justice Thomas recuse himself from any case involving the Democrats’ national health care overhaul.



















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WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:06pmWeener needs to have a recall, called on him. They want to get another Sonjia in there to help out with the healthcare. They can lead us to water but they cant force us to do anything we do not want and is not cinstitutional. Weener you are not funny anymore, you are just disgusting.
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:04pmShould we be expecting Rep. Weiner to next go after Timothy Geitner’s own perjury on his tax forms? What about Rep. Rangel’s?
I suspect not…
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:03pmThat LITTLE WEINER.. he needs a good spanking!
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:01pmWeiner is a dink
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:01pmDont worry Jackson & Sharpton will be there to save their brother……………
Report Post »Navyveteran
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 6:14pmLOL now that was funny!
Report Post »Nigel2
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:01pmI hereby suggest that Anthony Weiner’s name be officially changed to “chickenhawk Weiner”
Report Post »HarryBalz
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:00pmCould Weiner be racist?
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:11pmWeiner is just a little wiener..Can you imagine the horror of waking up each day knowing you’re still him?? That is truly a fate worse than death..
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:58pmWhat’s that little statement on the bottom of any form filed with government? Oh, yeah, “…The information provided herein is accurate and true to the best of my knowledge…”
Proving perjury is a lot harder than as seen on TV.
Report Post »TeaPartyPatriot
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:56pmDisbarment? Pretty MILD solution coming from a lunatic-left d-crat socialist extremist – usually they want to KILL anybody that disagrees with them, as in Wisconsin, the thousands of death-threats each day directed at palin, etc. (And yet some people still claim there is nothing is common between the radical islamic muslim extremists and the lunatic-left d-crat socialist extremists!!!)
Report Post »jollylama
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:54pmWe’ll look into disbarring Thomas if we can disembowel the weiner.
Report Post »LadyLibertykicksASS
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 11:33pmFillet of Weiner….hmmmmm sounds intriguing!!!!! He’s such a pathetic whiner!!!!
Report Post »OrdinaryCitizenForPresident.com
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:53pmIsn’t that *strange* how racist liberals can be?
Report Post »AuntiEm
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:53pmThey want a leftie in there before the Obamacare lawsuits reach the court.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:01pmSure, that‘s exactly what it’s about, trying to make him recuse himself in advance. He’s a tough old guy though, he’ll do the right thing.
Report Post »Mr Sanders
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:16pmGot that right! They know its uncontitutional and the S.C. should call the case forward now!!
Report Post »Mr Sanders
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:53pmRep. Weiner – you’re embarassing and rediculous. Please do US the honor and favor…. YOU FIRST!
Report Post »Mainer forever
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:52pmCan I just say Chief Justice John Roberts…..Ahhhhhhh
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:48pmForget it Weiner you bum, you need to be worring about your job punk!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:42pmDoes anyone take Weiner seriously? He’ll be hosting a show on MSNBC within 5 years. (If it still exists in 5 years)
Report Post »pandora
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:42pmWeeeener!
Report Post »21stCenturyPatriot
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:42pmThere is NO constitutional requirement that a Supreme Court Justice has to be a lawyer or a member of the BAR. Even if he were to be disbarred it would NOT preclude him from serving on the court.
Report Post »Jayk Signal
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 6:14pmThat’s exactly what I was thinking. They can disbar all they want, the only way to remove him from the court is impeachment. Works the same as it did for our impeached president (who was also disbarred).
Report Post »bearlyme
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:42pmRep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y needs to go find a real job where he actually has to produce something useful.
Report Post »G man
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:39pmI‘m leading a group that wants to stuff a dirty sock in this jag off’s mouth.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:43pmWhere do I sign up?
Report Post »VermontPatriot
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 6:08pmI have the perfect socks and I’ll donate them. You may need protective gear to handle them. I just took my workboots off. Notice I said “workboots”. Just a little clarification for the dimbulbs that come over here from HuffPo and try to rain on our parade.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 10:22pmCount me in. I’m tall and can help stuff socks!
Report Post »Vermont Patriot, we’ll use your socks!
Bigrod58
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:39pmObviously a racist weiner.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:47pmHe’s a Hebrew National Beef Frank.
Report Post »docvet
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:54pmAbsolutely, it works for the liberals and Obama. Start screaming RACIST! and see of anybody listens or will the charge blown off by the progressives. That would be my guess.
Report Post »Nukenik
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:01pmDid he brew a national beef, Frank?
Report Post »Buddyc
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:38pmIt works, why wouldn’t they continue doing it. Look at the sponsors pressured into not placing ads with Fox or Beck. Look at the large corporations gifts to Jessie and Al.
They will seek to harass him so much and he will retire from public life.
The way to deal with these people? Get the Koch’s to fund a counter hit squad. If Weiner leads the charge do the same to Weiner, spend millions on him. Fund boycotts of some of the most vulnerable business boycotting Fox or Beck.
Turning the other cheek isn’t working here. It is not going away. Success has caused them to do more of this.
Report Post »ilovetheusa1
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:38pmmaybe the King can get involved and issue an executive order barring any conservative from being in the Supreme Court, they are just too logical.
Report Post »wtd
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 6:33pmRegardless, of what Weiner and company attempt, one is not required to be a member of a bar to sit on the supreme court. Tough noogies Wiener.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:37pmRep Weiner under the rules of Alinsky needs to do all he can to discredit and pounce his target . He must be furious that his last attempt to destroy an adversary (Glenn and Goldline) failed and failed miserably . I hope this story is going to appear on Weinerfacts.com in some form .
Report Post »jblovesAmerica
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:51pmhas someone taken the time to look under the covers on the Congressman?
Report Post »he is such a snake-must be something we can use to put him in Leavenworth.
WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:11pmwhiteparty: Elaborate on that please. Exactly where is the conflict? More conflict in replacing him with another radical liberal in suport of healthcare bill?
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 3:31amthere must be a mac truck that needs a dent in its bumper shaped like a little weiner?
Report Post »G man
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:36pmLmao!
WhiteTeaParty
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:40pmThe Right is all about the truth but yet when it comes to the Thomas‘s they don’t care to know the truth. No conflict of interest here folks.
RIGHTNOTLEFT
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:41pmThe Libs will try anything they can try to sway any decision over Obamacare in favor of the bill!!!!!!
Report Post »LAM2
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:43pmThe high-tech lynching of Clarence Thomas continues. Once again Weiner inserts himself into places he’s not wanted.
Report Post »Mr. Middle
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:54pmWhiteteaparty, you must be racist for opposing Thomas. You‘re only attacking him because he’s black….and you must hate Whites too…..per your passive aggressive handle, “Whiteteaparty”…shame on you.
Report Post »@Adeyami
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:56pmWhiteTeaParty
Report Post »Makes an awesome point
TimCotter
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:01pmThat is the truth.
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:06pmThe right is still about the truth whiteaparty, and you progs have no idea what that is since you have no basis in truth to stand on.. Your representative, Anthony Weiner?? Seriously?? Have you even watched that slimy little mouth with legs in any debate?? Please, send out more like him to represent you..
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:07pmThis has all been aired before and nothing is there, so of course the right is sick of the left continuing to bring up crap over and over again, lie, enough they think people will start believing their lies. There have been clear violations by both of obama’s justices, clearly lying to congress and violating practically every ethics rule you can name, yet the left ignores these, when someone mentions them, they don’t even deny it, they are just like so what, who cares, we won, you lost.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:11pmRest assured that there are several political levels going on here. 1) Embarrass a black conservative, 2) Remove an obombacare no vote, 3) Replace a conservative justice with another liberal female (moochelle comes to mind – just kidding). The immediate thrust, however, is number 2.
Report Post »Journeywoman
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:13pmNow we know why the Obambie administration is delaying getting healthcare to the Supreme Court. They want Thomas thrown out so that Obambie can appoint another judge from his pocket to the court. It worked with ALL of his political opponents in Chi-town.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:17pm@ Journeywoman
Report Post »Not only that, the regime doesn‘t want anyone to look at Kagan and her work on Obama’s health-scare legislation.
Its always the other hand
Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:22pmI think Weiner is a racist. Where’s out illustrious Attorney General Eric Holder on this one?
Report Post »MOVETERAN
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:22pmOk with a name like whiteteaparty and the statement you made, I have one question. What SOROS group do you work for and why are you to chicken to tell us all here how left you really are? Why hide? Are you ashamed of your beliefs? I am proud of who I am and where I come from and where I work. Why aren’t you?
Report Post »lionslayer44
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:25pmweiner!!!! the name says it all. and yes the libs will do anything to keep obamacare going even if its against the constitution. WHITETEAPARTY dont you see the country falling apart on steroids since you voted for obummer? where are all our allies? why would we give mexico money for their border with us but move our troops out? YOUR A FOOL WHITETEAPARTY AND A RACIST!!!! God Bless America!!!! be prepared collect: food, water (filters), ammo!!!!!
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:30pmTea-Baggers are silent when its one of there own that breaks the law. Justice Thomas his hopelessly conflicted given the political activism of his wife. Add to that the fact that he covered up his wife’s political activities by not filing required forms. He needs to either step down from the bench or be impeached.
338lapua
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:36pmI notice that @whiteteaparty throws a bomb, and disappears. Too cowardly to back up his wacked out assertions. Cmon whiteboy lets hear all about your “facts”. You are nothing but a cowardly soros funded troll. I hate trolls….unable to discuss anything with substance. Throw a bomb and run away. Sally.
Report Post »capnbrit
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:38pmHint: Paragraph 4
Report Post »“Watchdog group Common Cause”
13th Imam
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 6:00pmDemocrat Target of the Day
Clarence Thomas
Notice that there is no Republican or Conservative that is ever, ever ,ever Qualified for any job . Yet any Democrat is qualified for any job ,deserved or not , . Encinom , your message is coming thru very garbled, oral problem??
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 6:05pmListen to this much about Thomas; if he is removed from the Supreme Court, Obama care will die in the court almost automatically.
All Obama needs for his plan to pass forever in the courts is to have one justice removed, for a split decision to occur; or to have a newly appointed progressive radical judge like the two he already has seated there, and it is end game for everything.
streetrodder
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 6:08pm@encinom Why did’nt you bring up the Koch Bros? You should be able to work them into this, you work them into every other post.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 6:21pmthe whiner wiener weiner is at it again….
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 6:33pmThis is not the only way the left is attacking the conservatives on the SCOTUS. They know that when obastalinmao kill ya care hits the supreme court as it stands now it would die a much needed death. They want the SCOTUS loaded in their favor even more. Time to send the libs and progressives a real message, we will not go quietly into the night and we will take back our country from you anti-american scum.
Report Post »HoldTheLine
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 6:43pmHarryBalz has it right Wiener & the Democrats must be Racists and against mixed marriages.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 6:51pmEcinom, I see you still have the preclusion to sexual aversion. Tell us Ecinom were you abused as a child? Is this why you are so pre-occupied with sexual connotations? If so I am sure Glenn can get Dr. Ablow to sit down and help you work out your issues…..
Tell you what, when you decide to call out the Obama administration and all of the constitutional violations and ethical violations from his appointee’, not to forget good ole Timnmy Geithner not filing taxes and Wrangle failing to calim income, and the back room deals to try and pass Pain and Suffering Act ohhh I mean Obamacare, and the list goes on and on and on. When you decide to call them out then you can come back and try your argument again. You fail little boy, now move along and let the adults continue on with their conversation.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 7:01pmIn the USA, if any laws are broken, there must be justice. In American courts, should there be the appearance of any impropriety, the Officials must address actual (or the appearance of) conflicts of interest. Just Sayin’ — Eh (giggle)
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 7:04pmWeiner is a disgrace to Jews everywhere. He turns my Jewish stomach. He is pure evil.
Report Post »*************************
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 7:06pmMEMO TO THE PROGRESSIVES (communists) MINORITY:
Don’t compare your Weiner to us. We’re bigger than you (in every way).
LILI VON SHTUPP [in the dark with Bart]: “So, tell me, schatze. Is it twue what they say about the way you people are … gifted?”
Report Post »[sound of zipper]
LILI VON SHTUPP: “Oh, it’s twue. It’s twue. It’s twue, it’s twue!”
-Blazing Saddles
APatriotFirst
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 7:13pmDon’t remember Weener boy going after Dem Rangle for tax evasion.
Report Post »ClassicalLiberal
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 7:21pmWeiner must be racist.
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 8:02pmGee, would that be Wiener being a di**? He seems to be the go to guy in the Democratic party for doing dirty work. And the high tech lynching continues.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 8:14pmThomas is a great justice, if you want to get rid of one of them try Ruth, she is a true loon.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 8:45pmCEMOTO78
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 8:14pm
Thomas is a great justice, if you want to get rid of one of them try Ruth, she is a true loon.
Better idea, lets do Union rules since they are fighting so hard for them. Last in, first out!
Report Post »booger71
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 9:06pmThe Right is all about the truth but yet when it comes to the Thomas‘s they don’t care to know the truth. No conflict of interest here folks
Because there isn’t one
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 9:38pm@Mr. Middle
Report Post »Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:54pm
Whiteteaparty, you must be racist for opposing Thomas. You‘re only attacking him because he’s black….and you must hate Whites too…..per your passive aggressive handle, “Whiteteaparty”…shame on you.
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Good one! ROFLMAO!!!
WhiteTeaParty is a joke anyway!
Showtime
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 9:43pm@WhiteTeaParty ~
@Encinom ~
You will be reading this:
Two former leaders of the Oakland County Michigan Democratic Party are facing a total of nine felonies for allegedly forging election paperwork to get fake Tea Party candidates on November’s ballot. “It is not a partisan statement, and we need to make that very clear,” said Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper.
Former Oakland County Democratic Chair Mike McGuinness and former Democratic Operations Director Jason Bauer face up to 14 years in prison if convicted.
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When you point your finger, you have three pointing right back at you!
Karl Hungus
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 9:47pmyou’re a total bore.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 9:58pmThe Dems want Thomas out, prefferably before SCOTUS hears the Obamacare arguments. They want Obama to be able to appoint another liberal judge to SCOTUS before this case gets into the court. Weiner is working for Obama to help this come about. He is doing this for Obama for some unspecified payback after Obama starts his second term. Too bad. Obama will not get a second term. Weiner got on the wrong train!
Report Post »MiketheTrucker
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 11:52pmThis ISN’T about Thomas, it’s about getting RID of the conservative majority on the SC. If one goes during Obama’s watch he gets to chose the replacement.
If I were any of the conservative SC judges, I’d be very careful of my daily routine, because the LEFT is capable of ANYTHING. They are DESPERATE to turn this country socialist/communist, and they see their best chance being ripped away by the Tea Party and the 2010 midterms.
Report Post »Journeywoman
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 12:14amThis is mild. After this obamanation “passed”, on more than one occassion, I mentioned that I feared for the safety of the Supreme Court justices. Don’t be surprised if an assassination is in the works. Do you really think that Obama will let his grand plan be stopped by a Supreme Court justice?
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:30amGreat! Disbar him. Maybe then he’ll ask a question.
Report Post »mbriz
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 7:49amStop listening to Glenn, use your own brains.
Report Post »11b40
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 7:57amNotwhiteteaparty–is it true that you and your ilk cough and gag everytime you use the word “truth”.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 8:06amClearly Anthony Weiner is a bigot, he has a vendetta against blacks and he is starting with one of the most well known and respected black men in the US. I always saw that he hated religious people and conservatives, but this is taking it over the line. If I were a minority I would get out my signs and go demonstrate against Weiner, who obviously needs a lesson in civility.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 8:14amkagan has to remove herself from healthcare decision because she helped make it law. The democrats need to remove on of the conservatives to keep the law, just a numbers game. they looked at scalia, but they believe there is a small opening to remove thomas. we have not heard the last of this.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 9:10am@Adeyami, no he doesn’t. There are issues with Kagan, too. Arguably, her conflict of interest is worse. If they both recuse themselves it’ll be a wash. We would lose one liberal and one conservative on the healthcare debate and conservatives would still have the numbers. Justice Clarence Thomas should be treated the same way Rep. Rangel, Geithner, Daschle was for their paperwork snafus.
Report Post »uzi4u2
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 11:32amwhite tp…yeah, liberals never lie, oh wait….what about that sharpton guy or that congressman that writes the tax laws for us, but forgot about them when it came to him…darn…I wish these conservatives would just be hoest….oh wait…those guys are democrates….go figure…
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 8:13amRep. Anthony (Little) Weiner is a very dangerous man. He is not what the founders intended govt to be. He is the enemy within the gates.
Report Post »hud
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:44amFor my part, I don’t know all the facts, but misrepresentation on documents would put Obummer, the Clintons, and nearly every democrat in the US in prison.
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