The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection will speak to conservative activist Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, said Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Wednesday. Thomas will appear voluntarily this week.
will speak to conservative activist Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, this week, committee chair Rep. Bennie Thompson said Wednesday.The committee asked Thomas to appear voluntarily before the panel after it learned that with John Eastman, a conservative lawyer who helped come up with the legal strategy to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally toss out state electoral votes.
Thomas also sent emails to at least two Wisconsin Republican legislators days after the presidential election, pushing them to name an alternate slate of presidential electors to back former President Donald Trump. Additionally, with former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows in the days following the 2020 election, urging him to overturn the election results.
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson , Chair of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, speaks to reporters after a closed door meeting with committee members at the U.S. Capitol September 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. Thomas' lawyer confirmed last week that she would participate in a"voluntary meeting" with the committee."As she has said from the outset, Mrs.