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Deadline: White House

“The mere appearance of bias”

Deadline: White House

MSNBC

News, Donald Trump, Daily News, The White House, Nicolle Wallace, Politics, Nbc News, Washington Dc, Msnbc, Government

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Andrew Weissmann, Tim Heaphy, Dahlia Lithwick, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Igor Novikov, Kristy Greenberg, Lachlan Cartwright, George Grasso, Ronen Bergman, and Mark Mazzetti.

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0:00.0

Hi everybody it's Friday we made it and there's big news at 4 o'clock in New York with no less than the fate of our

0:15.0

democracy at stake. The nine justices of the United States Supreme Court hold in their

0:19.8

hands the power to forever alter the trajectory of our country.

0:25.0

How they rule on cases having to do with January 6th,

0:28.0

the violent attempt to disrupt the peaceful transfer of presidential power,

0:32.0

will echo for generations. So not only is it

0:35.7

reasonable for us to expect those nine human beings to go about their process

0:40.3

impartially, it's also vital that they are seen and perceived as being

0:44.7

impartial humans. The mere appearance of bias could strain our trust in an honest

0:50.8

result for these cases, which is why today's news isn't just disturbing.

0:55.0

It's scary. The New York Times cites photos and interviews with neighbors

0:59.0

in reporting that in 2021, days before President Joe Biden's inauguration as president, days after the deadly

1:06.8

attack on the United States Capitol of January 6th, neighbors of Conservative Justice

1:12.4

Samuel Alito notice something on his lawn.

1:16.5

An upside-down American flag, a symbol commonly used in those days by Trump supporters who falsely

1:22.2

suggested the election was stolen a

1:24.8

symbol of stop the steel if you will that flag flew in the Alito's yard the front

1:30.1

yard as he and his fellow justices were contending with whether to hear a

1:34.8

2020 election case an argument on which Alito would find himself on the losing

1:39.4

end in response to the New York Times seeking responses, Alito provided an emailed statement.

1:47.0

Quote, I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag.

1:52.0

It was briefly placed by, wait for it, Mrs. Alito,

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