Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead in his room at a luxury hunting ranch in Texas a few days ago, and conspiracy theories that he was assassinated are flying all over. Who among the current round of presidential candidates is doing the most to fan the flames of crazy? You guessed it, Donald Trump.
Donald Trump and conservative radio show host Michael Savage
Reports CNN,
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday referenced a report from the scene about Scalia’s body when asked on a radio show to comment on the possibility that Scalia may have been murdered and whether there should be an independent investigation into this death.
“They say they found a pillow on his face, which is a pretty unusual place to find a pillow,” Trump said on conservative radio host Michael Savage’s show “The Savage Nation.” Savage called for “the equivalent of a Warren Commission”-style investigation into Scalia’s death.
In a statement Tuesday, the owner of the ranch clarified to CNN what he meant when he told the San Antonio Express the judge was found with a “pillow over his head.”
“I think enough disclosures were made and what I said precisely was accurate. He had a pillow over his head, not over his face as some have been saying,” John Poindexter, owner of the Cibolo Creek Ranch, where Scalia was found, told CNN over the phone. “The pillow was against the headboard and over his head when he was discovered. He looked like someone who had had a restful night’s sleep. There was no evidence of anything else.”
A U.S. law-enforcement source told CNN: “There was absolutely nothing out of the ordinary in Justice Scalia’s room. There were no signs of foul play.”
Media Matters has an extensive writeup here.