"Neither charge is valid."Īlito asserted he was not aware of Singer's connection in the cases that went before the court, and that his conversations with Singer were limited and didn't include his business or that of the court. "ProPublica has leveled two charges against me: first, that I should have recused in matters in which an entity connected with Paul Singer was a party and, second, that I was obligated to list certain items as gifts on my 2008 Financial Disclose Report," Alito wrote in the column. The title of the opinion column reads, "Justice Samuel Alito: ProPublica Misleads Its Readers." Justice Alito declined to answer questions posed by ProPublica, the outlet said, and instead tried to rebut the report in an opinion column in the Wall Street Journal before it was published. MORE: Chief Justice John Roberts defends Supreme Court's 'highest standards of conduct,' offers no new rules The trip went undisclosed on his financial disclosures for 2008, the report said, and Singer's business later went before the court at least 10 times, including a 2014 case in which Alito sided with the majority in Singer's favor - raising ethical concerns, ProPublica said. Alito was flown there on a private jet provided by Singer, which the investigative outlet said would have cost more than $100,000 one-way. Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday issued a public rebuttal to a new report detailing a luxury vacation he took with a wealthy hedge fund manager who later had business before the Supreme Court.Īccording to ProPublica, Alito accompanied billionaire Paul Singer, a GOP megadonor, on a fishing trip in 2008.
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