Justice Alito Confirms Call With Trump Before Supreme Court Petition

Justice Samuel Alito says his conversation with President-elect Trump was unrelated to the legal petition filed the next day regarding Trump's sentencing.

• Justice Samuel Alito has confirmed speaking with President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday, one day before Trump's lawyers filed a Supreme Court petition to delay his sentencing.
• Alito stated the call was to discuss a job recommendation for his former law clerk, William Levi, and denied any discussion of the legal petition or other pending cases.
• President-elect Trump faces sentencing on Friday after being convicted of falsifying business records in a hush money case; his lawyers argue the sentencing interferes with the presidential transition.
• Critics have raised concerns about potential ethical breaches, though some legal experts note it is not uncommon for justices to provide references for former clerks.
• Justice Sonia Sotomayor has ordered Manhattan prosecutors to respond to Trump's petition by Thursday morning, with the sentencing expected to result in an unconditional discharge, avoiding jail time.

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