Second Trump-linked flag flown on US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s property, report says
- An ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag, which was carried by rioters during the January 6 insurrection, was displayed outside the judge’s beach holiday home
- News last week of an inverted American flag flown outside the Alito’s home had sparked calls for him to recuse himself from cases involving Trump
A second flag of a type carried by rioters during the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was displayed outside a house owned by US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
An “Appeal to Heaven” flag was flown outside Alito’s beach holiday home last summer. An inverted American flag – another symbol carried by rioters – was seen at Alito’s home outside Washington less than two weeks after the violent attack on the Capitol.
News of the upside-down American flag sparked an uproar last week, including calls from high-ranking Democrats for Alito to recuse himself from cases related to former US president Donald Trump.
Alito and the court declined to respond to requests for comment on how the “Appeal to Heaven” flag came to be flying and what it was intended to express. He previously said the inverted American flag was flown by his wife amid a dispute with neighbours, and he had no part in it.
The white flag with a green pine tree was seen flying at the Alito beach home in New Jersey, according to three photographs obtained by the Times. The images were taken on different dates in July and September 2023, though it was not clear how long it was flying overall or how much time Alito spent there.