Senate Democrats Seek Records on Leonard Leo’s Trump Work (2)

Senate Democrats are seeking documents related to Leonard Leo’s role in advising the Trump White House on judicial nominations while a driving force at the conservative Federalist Society.

In letters to Leo, his former group, the White House, and the Justice Department, Democrats led by key Judiciary Committee members raised concerns on Thursday of potential financial conflicts of interest arising from what they said was more than $250 million in donations from outside sources that flowed to “Mr. Leo’s network” between 2014 and 2017.

Leo began advising on judicial nominations during the George W. Bush administration. He resumed that ...