Ketanji Brown Jackson Hit With Ethics Complaint
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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is facing a new ethics complaint.
The complaint was filed by The Center for Renewing America, which former Trump White House official Russ Vought leads.
Vought said Jackson “willfully failed to disclose” information about her husband’s malpractice consulting income.
A conservative policy group has filed an ethics complaint against Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for “willfully” omitting required income disclosures for years while serving on the federal bench.
The Center for Renewing America, a think tank led by former senior Trump White House official Russ Vought, sent a letter to the Judicial Conference with allegations that Jackson “willfully failed to disclose” required information about her husband’s malpractice consulting income for more than a decade.
The letter suggests that the Judicial Conference should refer Jackson’s possible ethics violations to Attorney General Merrick Garland for investigation and possible civil enforcement.
The letter notes that federal judges are legally required to disclose the “source of items of earned income earned by a spouse from any person which exceed $1,000…except…if the spouse is self-employed in business or a profession, only the nature of such business or profession needs be reported.”
Vought said she might need to recuse herself in some cases to avoid conflicts of interest.
Jackson may need to recuse herself in some cases to avoid conflicts of interest, Vought contended.
Newsweek also contacted the Center for Renewing America via email for comment on Tuesday.
Vought also asked that Jackson be investigated over her court investiture celebration, accusing her of failing to disclose private contributions toward the event marking her swearing in to the high court.
He argues in the letter dated December 18 that ethics rules required Jackson to declare the funders of the event if the amount spent topped $415.
