Ginni Thomas, wife of the Supreme Court Justice, was actively involved in trying to overturn the 2020 election.
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson greets U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., as she arrives for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, March 21, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington.Justice Clarence Thomas, whose wife Ginni was actively involved in trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election won by Joe Biden, should be recusing himself from ruling on lawsuits challenging the results, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker said Sunday.
Booker, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also called for an investigation into Ginni Thomas’ role in the Jan. 6 insurrection by supporters of Donald Trump.that Ginni Thomas exchanged texts with then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, encouraging efforts to overturn the election. “Clearly, Justice Thomas should have recused himself,” Booker said. “That’s not even at question here.”
Instead, Justice Thomas dissented when the U.S. Supreme Court, including three Trump-appointed justices, threw out the former president’s challenges to an election described by numerous experts as “
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