Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito preemptively rebutted claims made in a report alleging he failed to disclose a fishing vacation from a hedge fund billionaire despite the man appearing before the court in a number of cases years later.
The report from ProPublica alleges that billionaire Paul Singer appeared before the Supreme Court several times, including in a 2014 case where the court ruled in favor of his hedge fund in a dispute against Argentina in a 7-1 decision. Alito defended himself against these accusations hours before the report was posted, in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal.
Federalist Society Vice President Leonard Leo said Alito wouldn't have had to recuse himself from any cases involving Singer because the billionaire's name wasn't attached to anything the justices would have reviewed before taking up the case. The justice argues that he has only spoken to Singer"no more than a handful of occasions" and that most of his conversations with Singer were"brief and casual comments at events attended by large groups." He also said that the spot on the Alaska fishing trip in question would have remained unfilled if he had not taken it.
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