Megyn Kelly: Is Rep. Weiner Actually Trying to Get Clarence Thomas Disbarred?

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.