The House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has obtained email correspondence between Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and lawyer John Eastman [he once clerked for Clarence Thomas], who played a key role in efforts to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to block the certification of Joe Biden’s victory, according to three people involved in the committee’s investigation.
The emails show that Thomas’s efforts to overturn the election were more extensive than previously known, two of the people said. The three declined to provide details and spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
Thomas also sent messages to President Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and to Arizona lawmakers, pressing them to help overturn the election,
In January, the Supreme Court rejected a request by Trump to block the release of his White House records to the House committee investigating Jan. 6. Clarence Thomas was the only justice to dissent, siding with the former president.
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Clarence, Shoulda Listened To Mama
Texts show Virginia Thomas urged White House Chief-of-Staff Mark Meadows to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election
Newly revealed texts by Virginia ‘Ginni’ Thomas, wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to The Former Guy’s (TFG) White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, shows how deep was the attempt to overthrow the government of the 2020 election.
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Whispering In My Ear
Running With One Leg While You’re Telling Me All The Things I Want To Hear
Ginni interviews Clarence in 2018:
GINNI THOMAS: And the best part of being a justice?
CLARENCE THOMAS: First of all, it would be impossible without you. I have to be honest. It would be — it’s sort of like, how do you run with one leg? You can’t. It makes it whole when I have my wife.
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History, Ain’t It Something
Writing at CommonDreams.org, Thom Hartmann asks the question on the minds of many Americans:
Will US Turn Away From Fascism and Abandon This GOP Death Cult Before It’s Too Late?
Hartmann: The current Republican Party is unsustainable: the public is both exhausted & increasingly sickened by Republicans who appear to be devoid of any principles whatsoever.
