Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said that he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump by phone on Jan. 7 to recommend a former law clerk for a government position but did not discuss the upcoming emergency motion or any other court matters.
Alito’s phone call with Trump took place just one day before the president-elect’s lawyers filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court on Jan. 8 seeking to postpone his sentencing in the New York case, which is scheduled to take place on Jan. 10 in Manhattan.
