Justice Alito Refuses Calls for Recusal

Justice Samuel Alito Jr. said on Wednesday that he would not recuse himself from two cases arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol after reports that flags flown over houses he owned appeared to support the “Stop the Steal” movement, the New York Times reports.

Said Alito, in letters to members of Congress who had demanded his recusal: “My wife is fond of flying flags. I am not. She was solely responsible for having flagpoles put up at our residence and our vacation home and has flown a wide variety of flags over the years.”