Supreme Court Justice Alito rejects calls to recuse from Trump, Jan. 6 cases

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said his wife was 'solely responsible' for flying 'a wide variety of flags over the years.'

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday rejected Democratic lawmakers' requests for him to recuse himself from key cases related to former President Donald Trump and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.Alito said his wife was "solely responsible" for flying "a wide variety of flags over the years" at the homes.

Associate Justice Samuel Alito poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021.Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday rejected Democratic lawmakers' requests that he recuse himself from key cases related to former PresidentAlito said in two letters to the lawmakers that he had "nothing whatsoever to do with the flying of" an upside-down U.S. flag at his Virginia home days before the inauguration of President Joe Biden.

Alito also said he had "no involvement" in flying a flag bearing the "Appeal to Heaven" symbol in the backyard of his vacation home in the summer of 2023. Rather, he said in the letters, his wife was "solely responsible" for putting up the flagpoles and flying "a wide variety of flags over the years."— a symbol used by supporters of Trump's false claim that Biden's victory in the 2020 election was rigged — was flown at Alexandria, Virginia, home of the justice and his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, on Jan. 17, 2021.

 

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