Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito told Democrat lawmakers on Wednesday that he will not recuse himself from cases involving the 2020 presidential election after they used left-wing political attacks to demand that he do so.
Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) sent a letter to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts last week demanding that Alito recuse himself after The New York Times published a hit piece on Alito claiming that he flew an upside down American flag, which the report claimed was also a link to the January 6 riot.
“The two incidents you cite do not meet the conditions for recusal,” Alito wrote in a letter distributed by the Supreme Court. “The first incident cited in your letter concerns the flying of an upside-down American flag outside the house in Virginia where my wife and I reside. In considering whether this event requires recusal, an…
