Durbin Calls On Alito To Recuse From Trump Cases

NBC News reports:

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Friday that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito should recuse himself from cases related to the 2020 election after a new report said an upside-down American flag flew outside his home in the days after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and before President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Some Trump supporters who were present at the Jan. 6 riot, fueled by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that he had won the 2020 election, appear to have similarly displayed the flag around the time of Jan. 6 attack.

“Flying an upside-down American flag — a symbol of the so-called ‘Stop the Steal’ movement — clearly creates the appearance of bias. Justice Alito should recuse himself immediately from cases related to the 2020 election and the January 6th insurrection,” Durbin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in a statement.

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Durbin is calling on SCOTUS Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from 2020 election-related cases amid a NYT report that a “stop the steal” symbol was displayed in Alito’s front yard.https://t.co/6gGqwvnZGq

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