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deminks

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Thu May 28, 2026, 07:05 PM Thursday

Sammy, Sammy, Sammy

https://www.notus.org/us-news/samuel-philip-alito-trump-treasury-department

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s son quietly landed a political appointee job as a lawyer in the Treasury Department early last year, NOTUS has learned, posing a potential conflict of interest as courts wrestle with challenges to President Donald Trump’s deal to avoid future tax audits and the new massive $1.776 billion fund meant to enrich his allies.

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The younger Alito was an attorney at the Treasury when a lawsuit against the department and several other agencies was argued before the Supreme Court in November challenging Trump’s use of emergency powers to issue tariffs. The department never disclosed that in court documents. His father, Justice Alito, did not recuse himself from the case — and ultimately joined in a dissent written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The majority ruled in February that Trump didn’t have the authority to issue sweeping tariffs, and the decision set into motion the massive refunds that now beguile the Trump administration.

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