Liberal filmmaker defends secretly recording Alito, Roberts, says her 'lies' elicited 'truths' from justices

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Liberal filmmaker Lauren Windsor, who secretly recorded Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and John Roberts, said Wednesday that the "lies" she told the justices elicited "truths" that were valuable to the 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's Jim Acosta while responding to Republican criticism of her work.

Windsor posed as a conservative admirer of the justices at a Supreme Court Historical Society dinner on June 3 and posted the secret recordings to social media.

Acosta revealed that Windsor paid $500 for a ticket, under her own name, to attend the event and speak to the justices.

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Windsor argued that Democrats haven't pressured the Supreme Court enough on 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," she said.

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

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