Justice Samuel Alito Defends Himself Against ProPublica Report, Says It ‘Misleads Its Readers’
Justice Samuel Alito attempted to refute a report accusing him of serious ethics violations by releasing an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal and noted in the title “ProPublica Misleads Its Readers.” ProPublica released…
Justice samuel alito attempted to refute a report accusing him of serious ethics violations by releasing an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal and noted in the title “ProPublica Misleads Its Readers.”
ProPublica released a report accusing Justice samuel alito of ethics violations regarding his financial disclosures in 2008.
Alito noted he was recently contacted by ProPublica about a fishing trip he took to Alaska with a GOP mega-donor. In order to get ahead of the coming report, he wrote his own op-ed detailing how and why this event took place.
He wrote, “The flight to Alaska was the only occasion when I have accepted transportation for a purely social event, and in doing so, I followed what I understood to be standard practice. For these reasons, I did not include on my Financial Disclosure Report for 2008 either the accommodations provided by the owner of the King Salmon Lodge, who, to my knowledge, has never been involved in any matter before the Court, or the seat on the flight to Alaska.”