Revealed: rightwinger Leonard Leo linked to efforts to keep Trump on ballot

Federalist Society co-chair has ties to the groups arguing in the US supreme court case that Trump should stay on the Colorado ballot

The man behind the conservative effort to move the judiciary to the right has ties to many of the groups and people arguing that Donald Trump should stay on the ballot in a case heard before the US supreme court this week.

Leonard Leo's advocacy and financial network played a major role in Trump's judicial nominations and confirmation hearings as part of his years-long push to make the courts more friendly to conservatives and their causes. Justice Clarence Thomas once joked that Leo was the No 3 most powerful person in the world".