Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from President-elect Trump’s hush money criminal case in a statement on Thursday.



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Raskin calls for Alito to recuse himself from Trump case

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Top House Judiciary Committee Democrat urges Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from Trump hush money sentencing after a call between Trump and Alito.

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Top House Democrat asks Alito to recuse himself from Trump case after phone call

Some judicial ethics experts and Democratic lawmakers say Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. should recuse himself from a decision on whether President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in New York can go forward on Friday, citing a phone call between the two men earlier this week.

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Some say Alito should recuse from Trump sentencing case after phone call

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from President-elect Trump’s hush money criminal case in a statement on Thursday. Raskin, in making his case, pointed to reporting that Alito and Trump spoke by phone “just hours” before Trump’s legal team asked the…

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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) demanded that Justice Samuel Alito recuse himself from a case involving Donald Trump after a "startling ex parte private phone call" with the president-elect.Just hours before Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay his sentencing, the president-elect spoke with Alito ab...

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'Breach of ethics': Jamie Raskin pushes Alito to recuse over 'startling' Trump phone call

The Supreme Court’s ruling comes after Judge Juan Merchan and two New York appeals courts ordered the sentencing to take place Friday.

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Trump’s Hush Money Sentencing Will Take Place Friday As Supreme Court Rejects Last-Ditch Appeal

Desperate to avoid being sentenced on the 34 felony counts of which was found guilty, Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to let him off the hook, and he happened to have a chat on the phone with Justice Sam Alito just before doing so. MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin and Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer for Slate magazine, talk with Alex Wagner about Alito flouting the damage he does to the credibility of the Supreme Court, and whether…

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‘Middle finger to the optics’: Trump calls Justice Alito amid Hail Mary bid to duck sentencing – Advertising and Donations – advertising-newsandtimes.com

"Alito claims it was to help a former clerk get a job," wrote one legal commentator. "Doesn't matter. Federal law requires Alito now be DISQUALIFIED from the Trump stay petition."

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Raskin Says Alito Must Recuse After Private Call With Trump

It makes a mockery of the so-called ethics rules that they put in place, but that there's no mechanism to enforce.

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Sam Alito Failing To Recuse From This Trump Case Would Be a Historic Farce

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin, on Thursday urged Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from any consideration of President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to block his sentencing for his conviction in his hush money case in New York following ABC News’ reporting of a Tuesday phone call between Trump and Alito. “Yesterday, we learned that President-elect …

Raskin calls for Alito to recuse himself from Trump case

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