BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Refuses To Recuse Himself From Trump's January 6 Case

On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito forcefully rejected calls demanding that he recuse himself from cases involving January 6th or the 2020 presidential election after left-wing media attempted to tie the fact that the Alitos flew an upside-down American flag in early 2021 as well as a Revolutionary War flag at the couple's beach house as the justice being empathetic with Donald Trump's claims about the 2020 election.

“The two incidents you cite do not meet the conditions for recusal,” Alito wrote in a letter to Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). “As I have stated publicly, I had nothing whatsoever to do with the flying of that flag. I was not even aware of the upside-down flag until it was called to my attention.” The upside-down flag, flown by Alito's wife, were put up after a "nasty" neighborhood dispute between Mrs. Alito and her neighbors.
 

“My wife is a private citizen, and she possesses the same First Amendment rights as every other American. She makes her own decisions, and I have always respected her right to do so," Justice Alito explained. "My wife is fond of flying flags. I am not.”

The second incident cited by the Democrat senators to justify Alito's recusal took place at the Alitos' beach home in New Jersey where an "Appeal to Heaven" flag was flown briefly in 2021. "I had no involvement in the decision to fly that flag. I was not aware of any connection between that historic flag and the ‘Stop the Steal Movement,’ and neither was my wife," Alito said. "She did not fly it to associate herself with that or any other group, and the use of an old historic flag by a new group does not necessarily drain that flag of all other meanings."

The Supreme Court is currently two cases related to the 2020 election and January 6th with the first being brought by the 45th president to determine if he has immunity against special counsel Jack Smith. The other case, brought by a J6 defendant, is challenging an obstruction charge that has been used repeatedly to convict those who participated in the Capitol riot.

Read Alito's full letter below:

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