Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) slammed attempts by Democrats to smear conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week, saying that they were “engaged in the same despicable tactics” that then Sen. Joe Biden used back in the early 90s to smear Thomas.

Cruz’s remarks come after all nine Supreme Court Justices issued a rare joint statement last week, sending the message that it “unanimously rejects legislation proposed by Democrats seeking to impose on the justices the same ethics obligations applied to all other federal judges,” according to the AP.

“Senate Democrats and their lap dogs in the media are engaged in a two-fold political campaign, number one to delegitimize the Supreme Court of the United States because they are angry that there are a majority of constitutionalists on the court,” Cruz said. “But number two, very directly, this is a political campaign designed to smear Justice Clarence Thomas, and the reason is simple. The Left despises Clarence Thomas, and they do not despise him because he’s a conservative. The Left despises Clarence Thomas because he is a conservative African American. Here’s what Clarence Thomas said at that confirmation hearing. He said, ‘if you are a free-thinking, African American,’ quote, ‘you will be lynched, destroyed and caricatured by a committee of the U.S. Senate.’”

“Well, in three decades, that hasn’t changed. It’s gotten worse,” he continued. “And to be clear, here’s the Left’s view. I point to one article, just three weeks ago: ‘The Democrats need to destroy Clarence Thomas’s reputation. They’ll never successfully impeach him.’”

Democrats have tried to portray that a hit piece from a left-wing publication about Thomas’ travels was proof of some type of corruption because he did not report the trips.

The letter from the nine justices last week appeared to address this issue, saying: “Matters considered here concerning issues such as travel, accommodations, and disclosure may at times have to take into account security guidance.”

Cruz continued by noting that Thomas’ 109 trips since 1991 were less than the number of trips that some liberal justices have taken.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed in 1993 and she took 157 trips while Stephen Breyer was appointed in 1994 and he took 233 trips.

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A Justice Department prison official claims U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland “rolls over” in the face of lawsuits from inmates over gender policies in a new report from investigative journalist James O’ Keefe.

According to the report from O’Keefe Media Group, authorities at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) pair trans-identifying men with women in the same cell, where the prisoners abuse the system by claiming they are transgender.

Dr. Linda Noelle, a Federal Bureau of Prisons psychologist, claimed in an undercover video interview that men and women “both play the victim card,” which results in taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries.

“And then they go through [American Civil Liberties Union], and then the ACLU sues the DOJ,” Noelle said. “And the DOJ, unfortunately, under Merrick Garland, it rolls over. It doesn’t go through the courts, so they just pay people off.”

“That’s the bad thing,” she added.

O’Keefe released a video last month where two anonymous female inmates at WCCW discussed an alleged scheme involving convicted male felons claiming they are transgender “just so they could have sex with female inmates.”

Noelle described in the follow-up report from the media group an alleged “million-dollar baby” scheme where trans-identifying male and female federal inmates involved in a pregnancy sue the WCCW that results in high-dollar settlements funded by taxpayers.

Brooke Lynn Sonia, formerly known as Brett Sonia, is currently in custody at WCCW for rape and incest of his biological daughter, and child pornography, the media group reported.

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Sonia transferred from a facility in New Hampshire following a federal lawsuit the inmate filed claiming to be under threat of sexual abuse.

“He actually recently was moved to the other pod because of sexual activity,” a source told O’Keefe. “And he got to live out what he was there to do. He wanted to have sex with women, and he got his wish.”

“I heard a quote from him — this came from his mouth,” the source continued. “He was talking to a young lady and told her, ‘Soon my estrogen will be out of the system. I’ll be a producer of healthy sperm again. I’m never gonna get the bottom surgery.’”

“So he intends on being a man there with full testosterone in his system,” the source said. “He wants an intact, working penis, and he is actively trying to make one of these million-dollar babies.”

In response to the O’Keefe Media group, a WCCW spokesperson said that a “common myth perpetuated about people who are transgender is that they will commit crimes of assault against vulnerable populations.”

Washington State Department of Corrections Issues statement to @MegynKellyShow on @OkeefeMedia Report inside facility that says in part that a "common myth perpetuated about people who are transgender is that they will commit crimes of assault against vulnerable populations:"…

— O’Keefe Media Group (@OKeefeMedia) May 3, 2023

Watch the full O’Keefe Media Group report here: