Alito's excuses about billionaire's gift show poor research as well as poor judgement

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Published 2023-06-21
Joshua Kaplan, reporter for ProPublica, talks with Ali Velshi about a new report about Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepting an Alaska fishing trip from conservative billionaire Paul Singer who later had business before the court, and the odd pre-buttal to the report Alito published in space provided to him in Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal. 
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All Comments (21)
  • If you say so Judge. Didn't want to waste an empty seat on a private jet going to Alaska. You can't do better than that? That's the kind of excuse a 9 year old boy would make up. Alito aught to be ashamed of himself, that's the best he can do? He's a Federalist Society lawyer dressed in the robes of a US Supreme Court Justice, that excuse is disgraceful! The MAGA crowd may buy it hook, line and stinker but the rest of us won't.
  • And we are surprised that in the eyes of the world the United States is seen less as a nation of laws than one of grasping opportunists.
  • No person called “Justice “ should be taking luxury gifts from anyone.
  • @GaiaCarney
    ‘The highest court in the land should not have the lowest ethical standards’ Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island 🇺🇸
  • Ok so the USA has to be able to hold the SC Justises accountable !! Something needs to change !!!
  • Dear Lord ! REMEMBER we’re paying this corrupt judges for the rest of our lives‼️
  • @JRoss-zxzx
    No wonder Corrupt Clarence offered his lame excuse. This weasel, Alito, was his corrupt mentor
  • There's something FISHY about Justice SALMON(sic) Alito's cooked up excuse. PERIOD!!!
  • @mjl9002
    Alito is such a little sniveling creep - he's giving Justice Thomas a run for his money.
  • @mikeberray
    I get the feeling that supreme court justices think they should be rich. If so, why are they supreme court justices? People need to ask them are you pro-country or pro-getting treated special.
  • Remember when Clarence Thomas said he asked and was told he didn't need to report any of his billionaire's gifts? Now we know who he asked.
  • @Speck79
    Basically Alito prostituted his services to Singer?
  • @kimclarke5018
    In every organization there are rules about gifts. Nurses can’t even take a gift of cookies if they are given solely for the benefit of said nurse. Leonard is lying through his truth.
  • @gohboon7525
    Poor judgment by a SCOTUS JUDGE ONLY MEAN THE JUDGE IS SUPER UNFIT TO BE A SCOTUS JUDGE.