ProPublica Reporter Defends Work After Samuel Alito Accuses Outlet of Politically Motivated Coverage
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Published 2024-06-13
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, caught on a secret recording, recently attacked ProPublica for its reporting on Supreme Court ethics. The nonprofit investigative news outlet has spearheaded coverage of possible conflicts of interest among judges on the nation's top court, including Justice Clarence Thomas, who has accepted millions in gifts and trips from conservative billionaires. Alito told a filmmaker posing as a conservative activist that ProPublica "gets a lot of money" to dig up "any little thing they can find," suggesting the reporting was politically motivated. That notion "is just wrong," says Justin Elliott, one of the lead ProPublica journalists reporting on the Supreme Court. "We took a very hard look at the Democratic-appointed justices, and we simply haven't found anything close to similar to what we found when it came to Justice Thomas and Justice Alito." He also says the Senate Judiciary Committee has power it is not currently using to investigate the court amid the ongoing ethics scandal. "There's really no reason to believe that we actually know all the facts about what these justices have gotten."
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All Comments (21)
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The fact that Alito and Thomas have not resigned or recused, speaks volumes about their supposed integrity, independence or ethics.
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Who cares whether partisan motives were involved? Uncovering problems and wrongdoing is a public service.
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Citizens United against Citizens United
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All's fair in exposing the lies.
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As a government employee I could not take a free ball cap from venders. Millions of dollars of graft should result in impeachment.
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These self-serving, unethical and deeply corrupt justices Alito & Thomas( and his actively seditious wife) must GO! They are SHAMELESS and breathtakingly ARROGANT.
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What don’t they call Alito for a hearing? Our system is completely failing the public.
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He knows all about politically motivated, now doesn't he? Traitor.
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You got to love the excuse that its not my corruption that is the problem its reports digging for the truth and exposing it that is the problem😂
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ProPublica, excellence in practice.
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The term “ oligarchs “ is another word for “ Kings“. We left Europe, to get away from Kings , and formed Democracy. 🥰👌🤔🙏🧐🇺🇸
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Alito accuses others of political motivation?? Oh the irony
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ProPublica is the best!
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THE SENATE IS SLEEPING SHHHHH
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Do something Congress. It's your job to keep these political Prima dona's in-line. They're seem to be more corrupt justices than other officials in government. They can't be allowed to throw it in our collective faces. WTF?
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What is wrong with CHIEF justice roberts? Does he have no standing to challenge judges who are more in the pockets of rich people than he is?
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Inverted totalitarianism is a system where economic powers like corporations exert subtle but substantial power over a system that superficially seems democratic. Over time, this theory predicts a sense of powerlessness and political apathy, continuing a slide away from political egalitarianism.
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All these socalled specialists in the constitution act stupid when they have to read a form.
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Impeach Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh.
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That's hilarious. Alito accusing anyone of anything is the kind of hypocrisy I expect from republikkkans.
