Alito Rejects Democrats’ Calls to Step Away From Trump Cases (3)

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito told lawmakers he won’t recuse from cases involving Donald Trump and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot after revelations that flags associated with far-right causes flew over his homes in Virginia and New Jersey.

Responding to Democratic calls that he disqualify himself, Alito said in two letters that his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, was responsible for flying the flags.

“My wife is an independently minded private citizen,” he wrote. “She makes her own decisions, and I honor her right to do so.”

The court is set to decide by the end of June whether Trump is ...