Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was the subject of a New York Times report that attempted to tie him to supporters of former President Donald Trump who breached the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 — but the justice himself tells a very different story.
“At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display,” the NYT headline blared, with a sub-headline explaining, “An upside-down flag, adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.”
The piece briefly referenced a spat with a neighbor and quoted Alito as saying that he had not made the decision to fly the flag on January 17, 2021: “I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag. It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting…
