A phone call between President-elect Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Tuesday is raising questions about ethics and potential conflicts of interest. The call came just a day before Trump’s legal team sought to delay his sentencing in a hush-money case. ​​​​Alito maintains that the call was unrelated to the legal filing and was about a job recommendation for a former law clerk.
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Loomer, known as a conspiracy theorist, dug out the reporter's comments about the election and pointed out that she is definitely a Democrat and a Kamala Harris supporter as she declared that Trump lost to Kamala Harris in the debate."She has a well documented history of being a massive Trump hater and advocate of Trans issues. I don’t think the mic in Trump’s face was an accident," Loomer said.
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