Justice Samuel Alito declined to recuse himself from the Trump immunity case despite reports that flags similar to those carried by Jan. 6 rioters had flown above his homes, including an inverted American flag in January 2021 and an 'Appeal to Heaven' banner in summer 2023, which he attributed to his wife Martha-Ann Alito.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by multiple independent, high-quality sources (AP/PBS, CBC, SCOTUSblog, Fox News), including Alito's own letters to Congress and a direct interview confirming the flag incidents and his refusal to recuse. [tier=silver indep_score=0.812 clusters=4 claim_tier=exceptional]
Sources
- Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/alito-rejects-calls-to-recuse-himself-from-supreme-court-cases-because-of-flag-controversies (corroboration)
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/scotus-alito-flag-controversy-1.7219068 (corroboration)
- https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/05/alito-reject-calls-to-recuse-from-trump-jan-6-cases-in-light-of-flag-controversies/ (corroboration)
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/alito-wife-displayed-upside-down-flag-argument-insulting-neighbor (corroboration)