Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said Wednesday he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump about a former law clerk the day before Trump's high court appearance.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirmed to Fox News Wednesday that he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump the day before Trump’s high court appearance but said they did not discuss an emergency application the former president's legal team planned to file to delay the sentencing.
Alito, speaking to Trump the day before Trump’s appearance in high court regarding his New York hush-money case, is causing some to call him out, saying the conversation was an 'unmistakable breach of protocol.' 'No person, no matter who they are, should engage in out-of-court communication with a judge or justice who’s considering that person’s case,' Gabe Roth, executive director of the nonpartisan group Fix the Court, said in a statement.
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