Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, may soon offer testimony to the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
who says she caught the political bug from her mother, Thomas' political activity has raised ethical questions for her husband for decades. Observers agree she is much more politically involved than the spouses of other Supreme Court justices.that critics raise questions about her husband’s impartiality; the Thomases’ supporters then dismiss the outcry, largely among Democrats, as partisan; Thomas moves on to another project, solidifying her position as a conservative power broker.
Thomas corresponded via email with lawyer John Eastman, who worked to help overturn the 2020 election results by pressuring then-Vice President Mike Pence to block the certification of Joe Biden's win,Though the details of Eastman and Thomas' correspondence is unknown, the messages purportedly show that Thomas' involvement in efforts to overturn the election's results were"more extensive" than previously known, according to the Post.
Chapman School of Law professor John Eastman testifies on Capitol Hill in 2017. Eastman was also a former lawyer for former President Donald Trump., Thomas urged 29 Arizona lawmakers to override the popular vote by selecting presidential electors, even though Arizona state law gives voters that responsibility.
In the days following Trump’s Nov. 3 defeat, Thomas began texting then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows,, which revealed a 29-message text chain running through mid-January. One of those people, only called Cleta in the texts, appeared to be a reference to Cleta Mitchell, an attorney who participated in Trump's election efforts, including a Mitchell is a legal fellow at the Conservative Partnership Institute, a group also tied to Meadows that received money from Trump's Save America political action committee. She runs a legal nonprofit that has gotten involved with 2020 election results in places like Georgia and Arizona both won by Biden.
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