Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is struggling to respond after The Wall Street Journal suggested he was being hypocritical for pushing a campaign forcing various groups to disclose all of their donors before they file amicus briefs.
Whitehouse criticized Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in a January letter for accepting a friend of the court briefs from “special interest groups that fail to disclose their donors.”
Whitehouse claims conservative groups are influencing the court, even as they hide their “deep-pocketed corporate contributors.” He believes lawmakers might have to force groups to disclose all their donors before filing.
New reports are now putting Whitehouse under the gun. He received several donations in 2016 and 2017 from attorneys Victor Sher and Matt Edling, both of whom are involved in a slew of climate lawsuits targeting energy companies for supposedly contributing to global warming.
Sher, for his part, has barnstormed across the country with other law firms seeking climate litigation.
The WSJ Editorial Board pointed out Monday that the senator failed to disclose the donations when he filed an amicus brief in January on behalf of Edling and Sher’s case.
“Whitehouse is ginning up this fuss now because he wants to discredit the Roberts Court as somehow politically corrupt. Look for more such phony campaigns now that the Supreme Court is no longer a safe redoubt for progressive policy-making,” the editorial board wrote.
Whitehouse did not immediately respond to WSJ’s request for comment, but he did write a brief op-ed in the paper addressing the complaint.
“If any of the Justices are struggling to find my campaign contribution records, I would be happy to share the appropriate website. No such website exists for the U.S. Chamber or other dark-money groups,” he wrote in the piece, which did not explain why he did not disclose the donations.
Whitehouse’s office has not yet responded to The Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for the senator to elaborate on his comments.
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Sheldon Whitehouse comes from a teeny tiny flea speck of a state who’s state Bird is a Chicken and has more letters in its name RHODE ISLAND RED He belongs in the same room with Cory Booker,Maxine Waters,Baxter Stockman and the guy who thinks he is Napoleon
I used to think Whitehouse was the dumbest Democrat but he looks like genius compared to pretend “American Indian ” Warren , Bug Eye Booker , Waters , and Spewing Bernie . Now the shit show includes NY bartender AOC .
Is there any doubt Hillary will run …. again ? Take it to the bank .
Well … as long as she can campaign sitting down or not at all preferably.
I can see them nominating one of these clowns then at the last minute pulling another Seth Rich so Hillary can slide in… to you know provide stability .
Lets see their platform to date is legalize the murder of new born’s , eliminate all fossil fuel use and associated jobs , advocate women have no babies to save the planet , free medical , free loans , no borders , and all this is the first month . What’s next impose communism ?
I think they are doing it to make Hillary a viable candidate again .
The great thing is we have President Trump to thank for pulling the curtain
on the eco- anarchist who are attempting a coup of the slavery party .