U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says he was "not even aware" of the upside-down American flag waving outside his Virginia home in the days after the January 6 insurrection, telling lawmakers Wednesday that he won't recuse himself from cases involving Donald Trump and the former president's claim of immunity from prosecution.
In a letter to members of Congress, distributed by the Supreme Court and reported on by CNN, Alito argued that the controversy was much ado about nothing. The missive comes after The New York Times cast doubt on the justice's previous assertion that the upside-down flag, a symbol of distress adopted by election-denying Trump supporters, was in response to a fight with neighbors — a fight, the Times reported, that actually took place a month later than claimed.
