{"id":137,"date":"2026-05-28T20:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=137"},"modified":"2026-05-28T20:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:18:09","slug":"bessent-defends-justice-alitos-son-working-for-trumps-treasury-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"Bessent Defends Justice Alito\u2019s Son Working For Trump\u2019s Treasury Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>What To Watch For<\/h2>\n<p>The Supreme Court could be asked to take up the legality of Trump\u2019s recent settlement with the IRS\u2014housed in the Treasury Department\u2014which controversially established a $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization fund\u201d and gave Trump and his eldest sons immunity from any IRS audits of their existing tax returns. Multiple lawsuits against that settlement and the $1.8 billion fund are now pending in court, and could eventually be sent to the Supreme Court to decide. The Treasury Department has not yet responded to a request for comment on whether Philip Alito had any involvement in that settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=135\">JFK Airport Will Screen Passengers From Ebola-Stricken Countries (Live Updates)<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Key Background<\/h2>\n<p>The news of Philip Alito\u2019s employment is the latest in a string of ethics controversies Samuel Alito has faced in recent years, as the conservative-leaning justice has frequently garnered scrutiny for potential conflicts of interest. Alito drew widespread criticism in 2024 after The New York Times reported he and his wife flew a flag associated with the \u201cStop the Steal\u201d movement outside their home, with another controversial flag associated with Trump supporters also flying outside his New Jersey beach house. He\u2019s also come under fire for reports he took a luxury fishing trip with billionaire Paul Singer, whose hedge fund has had business before the court, without disclosing it, and for being interviewed in The Wall Street Journal by David Rivkin, a lawyer who appears before the court, among multiple other controversies. Alito has strongly denied all accusations of ethical impropriety and refused to recuse himself over his flag-flying from cases related to the 2020 election, claiming in a letter to Congress that the flags were his wife\u2019s idea and he wasn\u2019t aware of their political connotations. He has also opposed congressional Democrats\u2019 efforts to impose a more binding code of ethics on Supreme Court justices\u2014who don&#8217;t have to follow the same stringent ethics requirements as lower court judges\u2014falsely claiming in 2023 that Congress doesn\u2019t have the \u201cauthority\u201d to regulate the high court.<\/p>\n<h2>Further Reading<\/h2>\n<p>Samuel Alito\u2019s Son Has Been Quietly Working for Trump\u2019s Treasury Department (NOTUS)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=133\">White House UFC Event: Who\u2019s Really Going\u2014After Adam Sandler And Mario Lopez Decline<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Samuel Alito\u2019s Biggest Controversies\u2014As Supreme Court Justice Speaks With Trump Before Sentencing Ruling (Forbes)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=132\">Anthropic Is Now Worth Almost $1 Trillion\u2014More Than OpenAI<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A spokesperson for the court told NOTUS the justice\u2019s son was not involved with the Trump administration\u2019s tariffs case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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