ProPublica reporter Justin Elliott joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss his reporting on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s ties to hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer, which have raised questions about Alito’s ethical conduct on the Court.
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MPEACH…remove…Same for Thomas
Supreme Court Judges have to have Security. Like Secret Service. We pay for that. KEEP digging. Thank you for protecting Democracy.!!!
What do you know, I’ll tell y’all and its the culprit in part for why our country is so f’ed up. The supreme court has an agenda and its clear as day. They have pre ordained conclusion leading to a corrupt society because government serves only the few. This has to stop NOW.
Long live Pro Publica, thanks for your investigation
quid pro Crow
Supreme court built on open corruption. Another example of the foundations of American democracy.
What a complete insult to judges who serve this country in the lower districts. Knowing that the highest serving judge in the country is nothing more than sold to the highest bidder.
The corruption in the USA runs from the White House all the way down through local city councils. No entity is untouched from it because Americans accept corruption from the people they voted for.
SUPREME COURT FOR SALE!! conservative judges can be bought, SUPREME COURT FOR SALE!! Extra Extra Read All About it! SUPREME COURT FOR SALE!! conservative judges can be bought….
What I don’t understand is, if SCOTUS does not think Congress can regulate them, why doesn’t Congress regulate the people trying to influence SCOTUS by making it a crime to give gifts to SCOTUS judges without declaration? If you offer a SCOTUS justice so much as a coffee without charging fair value, you should declare it anytime you are involved in a case that comes before SCOTUS or you go to jail.
Singer was tagged “The Vulture” by the Prime Minister of Britain, and the World Bank, for feasting on the corpses of struggling nations, such as The Congo, Peru, Argentina, and Greece. He is one of the top donors to the GOP. And he bought Alito because he had multiple cases before the Supreme Court — including a 15-year long dispute with Argentina. He sued to get billions from the government of Argentina for old debt that President Ronald Reagan had already settled in a deal involving the biggest US banks. Obama’s Justice Department and Hillary Clinton’s State Department told the court that the Vulture was undermining the safety of the entire world financial system and demanded the court throw out Singer’s attempt to bankrupt Argentina In 2014, the Supreme Court agreed to resolve the issue. Alito did not recuse himself from the case and voted with the 7-1 majority in Singer’s favor. Argentina’s center-right President Mauricio Marcri, agreed to pay Singer $4.65 billion, a 369% Principal Payday.
When I see the faces of Thomas and Alito I get sick…horrible horrible people
Did he violate any tax laws?
Wow what a COUNTRY.
Once again, a “Conservative” – GOP supporters just can not see the damage they do to American democracy & justice.
The GOP should change their name, the damage is beyond redemption.
How about the NOT-SEE Party? #TheNotSeeParty
Crooked Republican Presidents and his staff, crooked Republican supreme courts …… I feel very concerned for the future of the United States of America.
The old guys seem quite corrupt. Sad.
Billionaires corrupting Republican lawmakers and judges are trending these days.
Ohio Republicans got 12 millions from TX billionaire regarding abortion.
Who wants to pay these judges for the rest of their lives ? Wake-up please please please🙏🙏🙏
So Alito considered whether he needed to report and decided that he did not have to. But why WOULDN’T he if it was even the slightest bit questionable? Isn’t that what an ethical judge would do?
Thank you ProPublica reporters! Our heroic fellow Citizens! We save us, no one else!
Tax the Grifts! Er, tax the Gifts!!!
Another one?!!! 😂 And, another swamp that urgently needs draining. Corruption pool across the US political and judicial systems.
Alito’s usual facial expression is often one of anger and disdain..who is he upset with ,is it the people who are not big shots, and republican multi -millionaires, ordinary people whose
Lives he intends to make more difficult with future decisions . He made his hero the Pope happy with his anti- abortion ruling ,but not millions of Americans.
Thomas’ and Alito’s legacy has been memorialized as corrupt and unethical … thank you Propublica for shinning light on their behavior… SCOTUS has no credibility. The individuals who have the honor to sit on the court and institution itself are a disgrace
Alito is the most arrogant of the supremes. He’s so arrogant he believed he could overturn roe v wade against previous precedent by using an ecumenical argument from the 16th century and ridiculously offer that as an argument against abortion today. He’s more of a narcissist than Trump.
How about we let the Supreme court make a judgement about justice alitos free fishing trip. Anything to see here?
Isn’t it interesting how guilty people act?
Corrupt Justices claiming they’re not corrupt.
The cover up begins.
Bravo 🇺🇲🫡
These conservative often preach conservative value but in reality, they are the most currupt.
How so? What SCOTUS decision was changed based on these friendships?
I have no respect for the Supreme Court now that I know how corrupt so many are. Such a disgrace to their profession.
Holy smokes! It seems that the very self- righteous and arrogant Sammy Alito is one big fraud. 😮
Swamp turned CESSPOOL!
Crooked Republicans taking away the rights of Americans
If Federalist Society involved in any legal activity it is “dirty”. They do everything they can to undermine our legal system for political gain.
It’s arguably the Billionaire’s Court.
alito said the reporter was “miss leading” in his reporting. Reporter should file a defamation suit and get this story out in front of the American public
Get the lie detectors out every public office needs to be screened before and during getting positions if they say no just kick them out
Acting surprised that trumpy’s judges are Shady and taking money bribes 😅 Stacked Supreme Court with Shady Judges go figure.
🤔hmmmm….. When the Clarence Thomas issue of him accepting a luxury vacation came to light, the media dug deeper, it revealed even more indiscretions! I think it is entirely possible the same will apply with Alito…… there is more dirt under the carpet!
my opinion without prejudice 🦂
The Supreme Court should be scrutinized. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
And we have another winner for SCOTUS Justice we have to get rid of!
Why is no one drawing the connection that Leonard Leo is the same guy that was pictured with Justice Thomas and Crow on their vacation?!!
Why would anyone expect the greatest OB/GYN in the history of the world to concern himself with the ethics of the legal profession?
Hey, how can you expect a Supreme Court justice to understand the law?
Can anyone say CORRUPTION!!!!
Alitto and Thomas are 2 of the most arrogant,bitter, and angry men in history.
Actually Clarence has achieved the American dream
or more correctly the Black Man’s Dream!!!
A high paying lifetime job, little to no work is required,
and he has a freaky White girl!!!
Not bad for a poor Black kid from Georgia!!!
The news media is so biased now. The only people that believe this story are liberals. That’s who you pander to. You’ve got a billionaire George Soros funding every radical group in the country and that’s all right. Liberal Justices have wealthy friends too. I’d bet money old Ruth Bader had wealthy contacts. All the proof there is about the Biden corruption and not a word about it. No indignation, no investigation, the silence is deafening. I especially like the way all of the liberal media have that Adam Schiff smirk when talking about the right.
All you need to know about Propublica- backed by Sam Bankman-Fried. And other billionaires, you know, left leaning billionaires. No bias there, right?
Alito needs 90 days to figure out what exactly ProPublica knows.
ProPublica has played its cards so that even if they have nothing, Alito can’t risk ineffective concealment.
You know what the most interesting thing about this clip, Justin Elliott has been covering the Supreme Court for six months, my question is , all the major news outlets have people covering the court full time and have been for years, why didnt they know about this stuff going on with these justices.? Maybe its because Propublica doesn’t have corporate sponsers.
The conservative corruption!
Why is it that way because you need people are to afraid to confront each justice head on. Always remember what you learned in class, everyone justice uses a toilet, meaning their human not gods. That robe they wear as a show doesn’t make them above the law or the constitution. Many of their rulings have nothing to do with the constitution that we the people don’t have to follow
This is a perfect example of one of the things journalists are supposed to do: expose corruption in our political institutions. Alito can play the victim all he wants, but the media did their job here.
Alito knows he’s lieing. This has got to stop. The Supreme Court now showing its been corrupt for year’s bought and paid for by richest of Americans
Alito= 🎣🛩️🛳️🏖️👙💸💰 for 🗳️🗳️🗳️ 🤮
Justices refusing to take responsibility for their actions… Farce? Tragedy? Corruption? Entitlement? We are your rulers, not your servants; how dare you question us?
All of the above!
Why is Chuck Todd spending so much time talking about whether or not Alito should have responded to the reporter or via another outlet? Talk about burying the lede…
Supreme Court criminals.
Nothing but crap =nbc
George Soros is a billionaire. Does he have ties to any ELECTED officials in DC?
If it were democrats that were caught red handed being corrupt, mitch would make a law to impeach and expand to get our country back to the people’s issues…
If its all on the up n up, then why not report everything?????
“Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.”
Thomas Paine, Common Sense
Shame on all of them. Shills
Greed is so good!
Another GOP grifter taking bribes from billionaires to rule in favor of the billionaire .Sickening, We cannot TRUST the GOP SCOTUSs who take BRIBES Or if their wives makes millions off these billionaires.
Republicans keep proving they can buy any judge at any level including SCOTUS and get any verdict they want without consequences
Appointed by the Rs – of course
Kudos to Justin Elliott who lifted the rock under which the loathsome justices hide their corruption and revealed the hypocrisy of these “Justices.”
Wow the rich do what they want
Isn’t funny he RUNS to the Wall Street Journal. If there isn’t enough evidence that the Supreme Court is owned by the oligarchy than this is all you need to show. The oligarchy is tired of democracy and they want to take complete control. They paid for it and they want it.
Why should this be a surprise? Didn’t Alito lie in his Senate confirmation hearing? This makes him a typical bottom feeder.
Thesr republucans never feel embarrassed. Thats sad! They break ths law and they are okag with that!
No man is above the law, no SCOTUS, no POTUS, no one running for the president. The Richard Nixon thing still doesn’t make anyone above the law.
There should be no position in government with a life time guaranteed position, and ethics violations should get you immediately removed.
We all know Clarence Thomas is corrupt. Now Alito appears to be as well. When will Kavanaugh’s true history be revealed?
This is the man who went all the way to XVII century to fish for a precedent but ignored something from 1970s
My Judges tell the Truth & aren’t up for sale 😮
Was Alito under oath?
Term limits for supreme court positions, term limits for senatorial and house of representatives positions.
No faith in the supreme court, just a bunch of entitled snobs who believes they are ABOVE the Law.
Snake in a Robe!😮
“We have the best government money can buy.”
Mark Twain
Boy, don’t these justices just remind us “common folk” of that, huh?
I mean, we KNOW all our legislators are bought and paid for, and the president…but the Supreme Court should be above whoring out themselves, but hey…power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
I mean really, there are probably more than just these two. How can we have ANY faith in these judges decisions anymore?
Whores. The lot of them.
I hope Alito is sleeping as well as Putin is tonight .
Yep all these billionaires just want to be buddy, buddy with Supreme Court Justices because, you know, they’re just fun to be around. I’m sure Judge Alito is a barrel of laughs when he removes his robe, just like Clarence.
It’s a shame that our great country has to have somebody like Slicky Sam on our Supreme Court.
But again Obama, Clinton’s, burdens are exempt from this. Uh huh
Supreme Court is now illegitimate – why bother having it?
“engaged” or “enraged”? Either way, Alito is vile and must go…
Like a DICTAYTER Alito picks and chooses what laws he chooses to follow!!
THEY All HAVE A HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR 🍪