He's a Corrupt Rat-Fuck

When Donald Trump is the less corrupt person on a phone call, were are dealing with a very special circumstance.

In this case though, the person on the other end of the line was Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.

Alito claimed that it was Trump asking about a reference for a former clerk, but Trump hasn't followed up on a reference by himself since ……… probably ever.

Trump was lobbying Alito to convince the rest of the court to take on his appeal regarding his upcoming sentencing in New York state court for multiple felonies.

Alito wants us to believe that this was a conversation about his former clerk.

It wants me to go Jules Winnifield in Pulp Fiction. ("Does Marcellus Wallace look like a Bitch?")

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. spoke with President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday, not long before Mr. Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to delay his sentencing following his conviction in New York in a case arising from hush money payments.

Justice Alito said the call was a routine job reference for a former law clerk whom Mr. Trump was considering for a government position.

It was not clear, however, why Mr. Trump would make a call to check references, a task generally left to lower-level aides.

Ummm.....it is pretty clear.  Trump was lobbying Alito, and Alito lied about it.

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In a statement on Wednesday, Justice Alito said the call was an unexceptional endorsement of a talented clerk.

“William Levi, one of my former law clerks, asked me to take a call from President-elect Trump regarding his qualifications to serve in a government position,” Justice Alito said. “I agreed to discuss this matter with President-elect Trump, and he called me yesterday afternoon.”

Justices often serve as references for their law clerks, but the prospective employers are seldom certain to have business before the court. Even aside from his own criminal case, Mr. Trump is set to lead an administration that will undoubtedly be a party in dozens of cases before the court.

This shit won't end until law enforcement begins frog-marching Supreme Court Justices out of court in handcuffs, and this needs to happen sooner rather than later.