Alito Failed to Report Trip With Billionaire, ProPublica Says

June 21, 2023, 7:14 AM UTC

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito failed to disclose a luxury fishing trip he took with billionaire Paul Singer and then declined to recuse himself from cases involving the hedge fund founder, ProPublica reported.

Alito flew on Singer’s private jet in July 2008 to stay at a fishing lodge in Alaska that charged more than $1,000 a day, ProPublica said, citing planning emails, Alaska fishing license data and interviews with people including fishing guides, lodge owners and others. It also published photos of Alito and Singer holding salmon the publication said they caught on the trip.

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