Samuel Alito's story about the upside-down flag fiasco isn't fully adding up

Wed, 05/29/2024 - 18:30

Samuel Alito being sworn in — Samuel Alito is sworn in as Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court as his wife Martha-Ann Alito holds a bible during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House February 1, 2006, in Washington, DC.
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Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls for his recusal from January 6-related cases.
Alito blamed his wife for flying two controversial flags that have ties to right-wing movements.
But Alito's explanation for why and when his wife flew one of the flags isn't adding up.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is doubling down on blaming his wife for flying two flags that are associated with right-wing groups and ideas over the couple's homes in recent years.