No. of Recommendations: 4
...before the ruling. But he didn't really need to. Alito would do whatever would benefit Trump.
Alito Spoke With Trump Shortly Before Supreme Court Filing
Justice Samuel Alito spoke with President-elect Donald Trump not long before Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to delay his sentencing following his conviction in New York in a case arising from hush-money payments.
No. of Recommendations: 2
“The call was merely an excuse for Trump to speak with one of the nine people determining the fate of his hush money sentencing in the coming days and who will review many more Trump-related issues over the next four years,” Mr. Roth said.
“Typically,” he added, “Trump and Alito are better at hiding their ethics issues, at least for a few months or sometimes longer. But with the Supreme Court greenlighting near-absolute presidential immunity last year, and with Congress refusing to pass enforceable ethics for the justices, it appears there’s no reason to even try.”
Gabe Roth, the executive director of Fix the Court
