ProPublica asked about Alito’s travel. He replied in the Wall Street Journal.
Questioned about an undisclosed fishing trip hosted by a GOP billionaire, the Supreme Court justice instead shared his rebuttal in a rival media outlet — before the investigative journalists could publish their scoop
By Paul Farhi @washingtonpost
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/06/21/alito-wsj-propublica-fishing-trip/ #alito #scotus #corrupt #leonardleo #propublica
After watching the mess ProPublica stirred up around Thomas, it seems like a reasonable step to take.
Why let PP's allegations go unanswered for perhaps days? Might as well call them out ahead of time.
@forpeterssake @volkris From the reading, I think, Propublica sent Alito questions a week ago, with a Tuesday deadline. Alito runs to the WSJ.
Alito needs to resign.
@volkris @jackhutton As opposed to giving a statement to ProPublica that would be included in the article they published, as is the norm? Alito's move is savvy politics, because he has become a political actor that only speaks to his political base, but let's not pretend that he didn't have an opportunity to respond to the story before it ran. He refused to comment to ProPublica, just like he refuses to comment to the Post.