Martha-Ann Alito, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, reportedly grumbled about having to stare at a Pride flag, according to a secret recording.
Alito made the statement to Lauren Windsor, posing as a conservative supporter, at the Supreme Court Historical Society’s annual dinner on June 3. It comes after a series of issues involving the conservative Supreme Court justice and his wife.
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“You know what I want?” According to the recording, the justice’s wife spoke. “I want a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag because I have to look across the lagoon at the Pride flag for the next month.”
She went on to claim that when she asked for a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag, her husband said, “Oh, please, don’t put up a flag.”
“He says, ‘Oh, please don’t put up a flag.'” I responded, “I won’t do that because I defer to you.” But once you’re free of this crap, I’ll put it up and give them a note each day. Maybe every week, I’ll change the flags,” she remarked.
She went on to say that she planned to design her own flag, which would be white with yellow and orange flames and read “shame” in Italian.
Windsor, a documentary filmmaker and “advocacy journalist,” put Alito’s secret recording online late Monday.
Windsor, who has previously approached conservatives such as former Vice President Mike Pence, Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, and Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, posted edited recordings of Alito’s remarks, as well as a separate recording from the same night in which Justice Alito agreed the US should “return to a place of godliness.”
Justice Alito told Windsor, “People in this country who believe in God have got to keep fighting for that—to return our country to a place of godliness.”
I agree with you. I agree with you,” he replied.
Windsor’s remark that there will be “no negotiating with the radical left” was also audible.
Meanwhile, in a recording from the Supreme Court Historical Society’s 2023 dinner, which Windsor also leaked, legal Alito accused the media of “eroding trust” in the US legal system among American citizens.
“It’s easy to blame the media, but I do blame them because they do nothing but criticize us,” he stated.
The recordings come as the judge and his wife have been in the spotlight due to a controversy about multiple flags placed outside their houses in Virginia and New Jersey.
The New York Times reported earlier this month that Justice Alito’s Virginia house flew an upside-down American flag in January 2021, following the 2020 presidential election, as a symbol of the “Stop the Steal” movement, which supports Donald Trump’s unfounded claims of election fraud.
Later investigations revealed that rioters had flown an “Appeal to Heaven” flag at Alito’s New Jersey vacation property on January 6.
Following the allegations, Justice Alito accused his wife of the event, claiming she put up the upside-down flag in response to a “very nasty neighborhood dispute” in which Alito’s former neighbor, Emily Baden, allegedly used the slur “c***” in an exchange with him.
Baden has contested this story, claiming that Justice Alito is “at worst outright lying” about the contents of the encounter.
In a letter to more than 30 members of Congress last month, Justice Alito attempted to distance himself from the controversy by claiming he was unaware of the upside-down American flag’s flying. He stated that when he asked his wife to remove the upside-down American flag, she “refused.”
“My wife is a private individual, with the same First Amendment rights as any other American. “She makes her own decisions, which I have always respected,” he added.
The judge then clarified that he had “nothing to do whatsoever” with the “An Appeal to Heaven” flag, which was one of the “wide variety of flags” his wife had flown over the years.
These include a flag recognizing veterans, college flags, sports team flags, state and municipal flags, national flags, flags of areas they visited, seasonal flags, and religious flags, he stated.
“My wife is fond of flying flags,” he wrote. “I am not.”
Ms. Alito discussed the topic at the Supreme Court Historical Society dinner, according to the covert recording, telling Windsor that “feminazis” believe her husband should “control” her.
They caught her saying, “The feminists believe that he should control me.” “They will go to hell. He never exerts authority over me.”
According to the tape, Windsor later told Alito that she was dissatisfied with the attention that “the media” had paid to the significance of the flags and whether Samuel Alito should recuse himself from two January 6 cases in light of the disclosures.
Alito then advised Windsor: “Don’t get angry,” she remarked. “Get even.”
Later, when Windsor complained that “they’re persecuting you, and you’re like a convenient stand-in for anybody who is religious,” Alito hinted that she would “come after” the media.
Look at me. I am German, and I come from Germany. My heritage is German. If you come after me, I’ll give it back to you. There will be a way for them to know—it does not have to be right now. She said, “Don’t worry about it,” before quoting the Bible.
“Psalm 27 is my psalm,” she informed Windsor. “The Lord is both my God and my rock. Whom shall I fear? Nobody.”
Alito eventually agreed with her husband’s position that there is “no negotiating with the radical left.” after Windsor recounted her talk with Justice Alito.
“They feel,” Alito explained. “They don’t think.”
