Trump congratulates Alito for rejecting recusal calls amid flag flap

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He said the justice showed “INTELLIGENCE, COURAGE, and 'GUTS.''

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said that his wife was responsible for flying flags, which critics say are associated with efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and Christian Nationalists. | Jamie Kelter Davis for POLITICOfrom two pending cases involving the former president or January 6 attack on the Capitol after the conservative justice faced criticism over flags his wife flew over their private residences that called into question judicial ethics.

Alito, who was appointed to the bench by President George W. Bush, said in his Wednesday letter that his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, was “greatly distressed” at the time she flew the upside down flag at their Alexandria, Virginia, house because of a “very nasty neighborhood dispute” that the justice claims did not involve him.

But the controversy of the justice’s wife flying flags comes as the Supreme Court is set to decide on two cases involving the former president or his associates. In June, the Court is expected to weigh in on a case involving Trump’s claims of presidential immunity. That decision could impact whether or not Trump faces charges for his attempts to subvert the 2020 election. They are also expected to rule on an appeal brought forward by a Trump supporter who was prosecuted over his role in the Jan.

 

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