Associate Justice Samuel Alito poses during a group photo of the justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021.
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday rejected requests from Democratic lawmakers for him to recuse himself from key cases related to former President Donald Trump and the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, following reports that flags linked to Trump supporters were flying on his properties.
Alito said in two letters to lawmakers that he had “nothing to do with the display” of an upside-down American flag at his home in Virginia.
Rather, he said, his wife was “solely responsible” for flying “a wide variety of flags over the years.”
“My wife likes to fly flags. I don’t,” Alito wrote.
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