Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) have asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to look into whether Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas violated any federal tax or ethics laws when he accepted travel and lodging from wealthy benefactors, CBS News reports.
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