Justice Alito refutes ProPublica report he should have disclosed luxury trip – By Jaclyn Diaz (NPR) / June 21, 2023
Justice Samuel Alito did not disclose a luxury trip he took in 2008 with hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer nor did he recuse himself from cases that the businessman later had in front of the Supreme Court, a new report from ProPublica alleges.
ProPublica says that after this trip, Singer’s hedge fund brought at least 10 cases to the high court. This included a case from 2014 involving a dispute between Singer’s hedge fund and the country of Argentina. Alito voted with the 7-1 majority, along with the court’s liberals, in favor of Singer — netting his hedge fund, Elliott Management, $2.4 billion, the publication found.
Alito didn’t respond to ProPublica’s questions directly. Instead he took an unusual step to publish a preemptive op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, refuting the allegations and defending himself saying, “I had no obligation to recuse in any of the cases that ProPublica cites.”
He adds he was unaware of Singer’s connection to the entities involved in the cases brought before the court and even if he had, “recusal would not have been required or appropriate.”
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