- A House panel investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol attacks interviewed Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, on Thursday. [CNN]
- Thomas’s appearance before the committee was voluntary. According to committee members, she answered “some” of the panel’s questions but continued to falsely insist the 2020 election was stolen. [CBS News / Caroline Linton and Melissa Quinn]
- The committee wanted to speak with Thomas about her involvement in Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Questions first arose after Thomas sent messages to then-chief of staff Mark Meadows urging him not to concede victory. [NBC News / Summer Concepcion, Haley Talbot, and Ali Vitali]
- Thomas also communicated with Trump lawyer and adviser John Eastman. Eastman drew up a plan to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence into rejecting electoral votes from states Joe Biden won. [NPR / Deirdre Walsh and Claudia Grisales]
- Thomas has insisted that there’s no conflict of interest with her husband’s work. However, her activism has prompted calls for Justice Thomas to recuse himself from cases involving January 6. [USA Today / Bart Jansen]
- Meanwhile, the House committee investigating January 6 postponed its final hearing this week because of Hurricane Ian. [Politico / Nicholas Wu]
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