Lauren Windsor defends secret recordings of Justices Samuel Alito and John Roberts as 'greater public good'

WASHINGTON, DC: Lauren Windsor, a liberal filmmaker who surreptitiously recorded Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts, stated on Wednesday, June 12, that the "truths" she extracted from the justices were valuable to the general public.

"I wish that they were more shocked about the ethics breaches at the Supreme Court than some lies that I told them in order to elicit truths that serve the greater public good," Windsor told CNN correspondent Jim Acosta while responding to Republican criticism of her work.

Lauren Windsor posed as a conservative admirer

At a June 3 dinner hosted by the Supreme Court Historical Society, Windsor assumed the persona of a conservative admirer of the justices and shared the covert recordings on social media.

Acosta disclosed that Windsor purchased a $500 ticket under her own name to go to the function and address the justices.

Lauren Windsor argues Democrats haven't pressured the Supreme Court for ethics reform

"I do not think that Sen. [Dick] Durbin [D-Ill.] has done enough. I know that there are many arcane rules to Senate procedure. I think that there should be something done by Democrats if the Republicans are going to refuse to pass any ethics reform whatsoever," Windsor said, per Fox News.

She criticized Sen Lindsey Graham, R-SC, for saying he would block ethics reform. "That's a great message to run on: ‘I’m anti ethics,'" she said, according to the outlet. 

Justice Samuel Alito and his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, recently came under fire

Justice Alito and his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, recently garnered criticisms for flying an upside-down flag in the weeks following the January 6 Capitol riot, as well as an "Appeal to Heaven" flag at their beach house.

Windsor argued that the justice was "enabling" his wife's behavior.

Lauren Windsor on whether Justice Samuel Alito's wife was allowed to have her own views

When asked if Justice Alito's wife was free to hold her own opinions, the leftist activist replied "certainly."

"But when your spouse is one of the most powerful men in the country, you know, with his fingers on the scale, literally, of justice, I mean, are we going to say that we are going to do away with impartiality, the bedrock principle of our democracy, of our jurisprudence? Is it okay? He's admitting that he cannot be impartial. He's saying there are things that cannot be compromised," Windsor said.

'The View' co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Joy Behar recently slammed Lauren Windsor for her actions

On Tuesday, June 11, Windsor's method of obtaining the recordings drew criticism from the liberal co-hosts of 'The View', with Sunny Hostin calling it a "hit job."

"I am extremely disappointed at what I heard, but I also am not comfortable with snippets of tape recordings without consent being taken out of context," Hostin said.

Fellow co-host Joy Behar also said she was uncomfortable with it because the clips could have been altered.

The co-hosts, however, concurred that someone needed to expose the justices.

"The Supreme Court at the moment is so biased and so pro-theocracy in what you saw that we just watched that somebody has to expose them because they are running around arrogant, and they have the whole GOP on their side, and we’re losing the Supreme Court’s objectivity and somebody needs to expose them," Behar said. 

In one exchange, Windsor told Justice Alito that people should fight "to return our country to a place of godliness." Alito responded, "I agree with you, I agree with you," according to the recordings.

Netizens lambast Lauren Windsor for recording Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and John Roberts

Internet users lashed out at Windsor for unethically recording Justices Samuel Alito and John Roberts of the Supreme Court.

One X (formerly Twitter) user asked, "But did she secretly record any liberal justices?" Another wrote, "Even Hitler thought he was a hero."

"Never talk to a leftwinger, they are all crooks," added one user. "Unethical liberal scum," tweeted another user.

"This is the funniest story I’ve ever read! Whew, I was crying!!" commented one.

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