Top House Democrat asks Alito to recuse himself from Trump case after phone call
Top House Judiciary Committee Democrat urges Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from Trump hush money sentencing after a call between Trump and Alito.
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House speaker removed intelligence committee chair Mike Turner, whose stances have run afoul with Trump. Here’s what Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, wrote on X about his decision to name th e ...The Guardian - Jan. 16 -
Democrats fume over Alito-Trump call
Senate Democrats are furious that President-elect Trump has reached out to conservative Justice Samuel Alito amid a push by Trump for the high court to halt his criminal sentencing. Alito has ...The Hill - Jan. 10 -
How a Phone Call Drew Alito Into a Trump Loyalty Squabble
The phone call centered on a former law clerk of Justice Alito’s. In the eyes of the Trump team, the clerk still needed to prove his loyalty to the president-elect.The New York Times - Jan. 10 -
Raskin calls for Alito to recuse himself from Trump case
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from President-elect Trump’s hush money criminal case in a statement ...The Hill - Jan. 10 -
Fani Willis asks Georgia’s top court to review decision booting her from Trump case
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) has asked Georgia’s top court to review her disqualification from the election subversion case against President-elect Trump and several allies. In a ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
Trump calls with Justice Alito in push to halt his criminal sentencing
President-elect Trump returned to Washington to meet with Republican senators on Capitol Hill to plan his administration’s agenda. It comes as he asked the Supreme Court to block his sentencing in ...NBC News - Jan. 9 -
Alito says he talked to Trump about law clerk before filing in "hush money" case
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke with President-elect Donald Trump about a former law clerk the day before Trump went to the high court in a push to delay the sentencing in his New York ...CBS News - Jan. 9 -
Alito confirms call with Trump, says emergency order not discussed
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday confirmed a call with President-elect Trump, and he said they did not discuss an emergency application from Trump to block his upcoming sentencing in ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
Justice Alito says there was no discussion of Trump's pending case when the two spoke
The call took place a day before Trump asked the Supreme Court to halt his sentencing, though Samuel Alito said they did not discuss the emergency application.NBC News - Jan. 9
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