WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) – Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, wants to appear before a congressional commission investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol , he told the Daily Caller. web Thursday.
Thomas was responding to comments from committee chairman Democrat Bennie Thompson suggesting the group would ask for his testimony.
“I can’t wait to clear up misconceptions. I’m really looking forward to talking to them,” Thomas told the Daily Caller.
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The Washington Post reported earlier this week that the committee had obtained emails between Thomas and attorney John Eastman, who was involved in efforts to block certification of Donald Trump’s defeat of President Joe Biden in the election. November 2020.
“It’s time to dump her and move on,” Thompson told reporters at the Capitol on Thursday.
Eastman said in a statement on Substack that the emails obtained by the Post were “false innuendos based on selective leaks” and were irrelevant to committee hearings.
“I can categorically confirm that at no time did I discuss with Mrs. Thomas or Judge Thomas any pending or likely to come before the Court,” Eastman said. “We have never participated in these discussions, we would not participate in these discussions and we did not do so in December 2020 or at any other time.”
Thomas ’comments were reported when the committee held a public hearing on the events of January 6, 2021 at the Capitol. Thompson said he first learned of his interest in participating in a journalist’s investigation when he left the courtroom.
“Let’s hope he comes,” Thompson said, adding that the committee had sent a letter to Thomas.
Thomas is active in conservative political circles and said he attended a rally held by Trump before the Capitol riot. At the rally, Trump made a fiery speech repeating his baseless allegations that his election defeat was due to widespread fraud and urged his supporters to march on Congress.
Her political involvement has raised questions about whether her husband should withdraw from cases involving Trump and the Capitol riot.
In January, her husband was the only dissenting voice when the Supreme Court rejected Trump’s request to block the release of White House records requested by the Jan. 6 committee. Read more
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Report by Patricia Zengerle; Additional report by Katharine Jackson and Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Stephen Coates
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