Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says he spoke with Trump about clerk before hush-money filing
- Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke with President-elect Donald Trump about a former law clerk before Trump sought to delay his New York sentencing, according to Alito.
- Alito stated that he did not discuss any court matters during the call, which was made at the request of William Levi.
- Gabe Roth from Fix the Court criticized the call as an 'unmistakable breach of protocol.'
- Carrie Severino described the situation as a 'manufactured ethics scandal' regarding a reference check.
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Justice Alito Reveals He Spoke With Trump About Former Clerk Before Hush-Money Filing Reached High Court - News Addicts
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirmed to Fox News Wednesday that he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump the day before Trump’s high court appearance but said they did not discuss an emergency application the former president’s legal team planned to file to delay the sentencing. Alito told Fox News’ Shannon Bream he was asked if […] The post Justice Alito Reveals He Spoke With Trump About Former Clerk Before Hush-Money Filing Reached H…

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Congressional Democrats have long had it out for the U.S. Supreme Court as an institution and when it comes to the conservative justices in particular. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who serves as the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, is chief among them. tmatRaskin is going after Justice Samuel Alito by name this time, as he calls on the justice to recuse himself from Trump v. New York in deciding if the president-elect can be sentenc…
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Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. received a call on his cellphone Tuesday. It was President-elect Donald J. Trump, calling from Florida. Hours later, Mr. Trump’s legal team would ask Justice Alito and his eight colleagues on the Supreme Court to block his sentencing in New York for falsifying business records to cover up a hush-money payment to a pornographic film actress before the 2016 election. And the next day, the existence of the call would lea…
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