Alito took a fishing trip with a GOP megadonor, didn't report it, then ruled on a case he had before the court.
In 2008, two years after he joined the nation’s highest court, Alito went on a pricey Alaskan fishing trip with a Republican billionaire named Paul Singer. Singer even flew Alito out on his private jet. Alito didn’t report the trip, nor did he recuse himself when Singer’s hedge fund had a case come before the court.
ProPublica sent Alito a series of questions about the trip. Alito didn’t answer them, instead preemptively responding to the yet-to-be-published story with, titled “ProPublica Misleads Its Readers.” Alito claimed he never discussed business with Singer, that he was unaware of Singer’s connection to the cases that came before the court, and that justices “commonly” interpret their disclosure requirements to not include “accommodations and transportation for social events.
Singer said in a statement to ProPublica that he didn’t organize the fishing trip and didn’t even know Alito would be attending. ProPublica notes that the trip was at least partially organized by Federalist Society honcho Leonard Leo, who invited Singer and asked him if he and Alito could fly on Singer’s jet. ProPublica notes that Singer and Alito appeared together at public events after the trip, and that Singer introduced Alito at a Federalist Society lawyers convention.
Leo and the Federalist Society have been in the news a lot lately. ProPublica reported in April that he attended retreats to GOP megadonor Harlan Crow’s private resort with Clarence Thomas. Thomas had been regularly
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