Alito rebuffs critics over flag controversy, says he won’t recuse from Jan. 6 cases
SUMMARY
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has dismissed calls for his recusal from a crucial case involving former President Donald Trump and the January 6 Capitol attack, amidst controversy over flags displayed at his residences. Alito clarified that his wife was responsible for the flags, including an American flag flown upside down at their Virginia home due to a neighborhood dispute, and a Revolutionary War-era flag at their New Jersey shore residence. Democrats, including Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, urged Alito's recusal, but he rebuffed these calls, asserting they lacked merit and were politically driven.
