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How one phone call dragged Alito into the Trump loyalty controversy

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Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. got a call on his cellphone Tuesday. This newly elected President Donald J. There was Trump, who was speaking from Florida. Hours later, Mr Trump’s legal team asked Justice Alito and eight of his colleagues at the Supreme Court to commute his conviction in New York for falsifying business records … Read more

Alito spoke to Trump shortly before filing the petition in the Supreme Court

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Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. on Tuesday met President-elect Donald J. Trump spoke shortly before Mr Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to delay his sentencing after he pleaded guilty in a case arising from hush money payments in New York. “William Levy, one of my former law clerks, asked me to speak to President-elect … Read more