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| Trump sees 'unusual' circumstances in Scalia's death amid conspiracy theories | Trump sees 'unusual' circumstances in Scalia's death amid conspiracy theories |
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| Donald Trump has suggested there might be something to conspiracy theories doing the rounds among far-right websites that supreme court justice Antonin Scalia did not die from natural causes, as announced by the family. | Donald Trump has suggested there might be something to conspiracy theories doing the rounds among far-right websites that supreme court justice Antonin Scalia did not die from natural causes, as announced by the family. |
| Conservative talk-radio host Michael Savage asked the Republican presidential frontrunner about the conjecture that Scalia, who led the court’s conservative bloc, was murdered. | Conservative talk-radio host Michael Savage asked the Republican presidential frontrunner about the conjecture that Scalia, who led the court’s conservative bloc, was murdered. |
| Related: Antonin Scalia obituary | Related: Antonin Scalia obituary |
| “It’s a horrible topic,” said Trump, “but they say they found the pillow on his face, which is a pretty unusual place to find a pillow. I can’t give you an answer ... I literally just heard it a little while ago. It’s just starting to come out now, as you know, Michael.” | “It’s a horrible topic,” said Trump, “but they say they found the pillow on his face, which is a pretty unusual place to find a pillow. I can’t give you an answer ... I literally just heard it a little while ago. It’s just starting to come out now, as you know, Michael.” |
| “We need the equivalent of the Warren Commission and an autopsy,” Savage said, referring to the investigation into the death of John F Kennedy. | “We need the equivalent of the Warren Commission and an autopsy,” Savage said, referring to the investigation into the death of John F Kennedy. |
| Scalia was found dead Saturday morning in his room at Cibolo Creek Ranch, a 30,000-acre luxury ranch outside Marfa, Texas, where the justice had been quail hunting. | Scalia was found dead Saturday morning in his room at Cibolo Creek Ranch, a 30,000-acre luxury ranch outside Marfa, Texas, where the justice had been quail hunting. |
| In an interview with the San Antonio Express-News Monday, ranch owner John Poindexter said Scalia was found with a pillow on his head. | In an interview with the San Antonio Express-News Monday, ranch owner John Poindexter said Scalia was found with a pillow on his head. |
| “He was seated near me and I had a chance to observe him,” Poindexter said of dinner the night before. “He was very entertaining. But about 9pm he said, ‘It’s been a long day and a long week. I want to get some sleep.’ | “He was seated near me and I had a chance to observe him,” Poindexter said of dinner the night before. “He was very entertaining. But about 9pm he said, ‘It’s been a long day and a long week. I want to get some sleep.’ |
| We discovered the judge in bed, a pillow over his head. His bed clothes were unwrinkled. He was lying very restfully. It looked like he had not quite awakened from a nap. | We discovered the judge in bed, a pillow over his head. His bed clothes were unwrinkled. He was lying very restfully. It looked like he had not quite awakened from a nap. |
| The influential rightwing website the Drudge Report had elevated the idea with a splash headline Monday: | The influential rightwing website the Drudge Report had elevated the idea with a splash headline Monday: |
| Oh this needs to be not a thing pic.twitter.com/ThNzSM2aeg | Oh this needs to be not a thing pic.twitter.com/ThNzSM2aeg |
| UPDATE: CNN’s Jake Tapper passes on further comment by the ranch owner whose account of Scalia being found “in bed, a pillow over his head” set off the whole thing. | |
| The pillow was “over his head, not his face,” the owner, John Poindexter, clarified. | |
| owner of the Cibolo Creek Ranch explains Scalia "had a pillow over his head, not over his face.... against the headboard and over his head" |