Supreme Court Justice Alito sold Bud Light stock, then bought Coors, during boycott

• Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sold shares of beer giant Anheuser-Busch amid a boycott of the Bud Light brewer over its partnership with a transgender social media influencer.
• Alito sold between $1,000 and $15,000 of AB InBev's stock, and bought Molson Coors in the same price range on the same day, according to the justice's financial transaction report.
• Alito's stock activity came to light after a report revealed that an upside-down U.S. flag was flown at his home in the days after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sold shares of beer giant Anheuser-Busch as conservatives were ditching the Bud Light brewer over its partnership with a transgender social media influencer.

On the same day Alito sold Anheuser-Busch, he then bought the same amount of stock in Molson Coors, a company with a history of facing political boycotts of its own, the filing shows.

The transactions have bred fresh accusations that Alito, one of the high court's six conservatives, is engaging in or aligning with partisan politics, despite a recently adopted code of conduct that directs the justices to "refrain from political activity."

Alito sold between $1,000 and $15,000 of AB InBev's stock on Aug. 14, 2023, according to a financial disclosure filing for the justice that was recently made visible through a federal judicial database.

The Supreme Court did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment on Alito's transaction report or the timing of his stock activity.

At the time of Alito's stock sale, Anheuser-Busch was still grappling with a monthslong campaign to boycott Bud Light after the company partnered with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney in an April 2023 social media campaign.

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