The select committee of the House investigating the January 6 attack plans to ask for the testimony of Conservative activist Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas, the court president said on Thursday.
The last one: Thomas told the Daily Caller that he would accept an interview. “I can’t wait to clear up misconceptions. I’m really looking forward to talking to them,” he said.
Why It’s Important: The decision comes after public and private hesitation among committee members in recent weeks over the importance of Thomas’ role on Jan. 6 and former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the elections.
Momentum in the news: The emails obtained by the panel reveal the correspondence between Thomas and the legal scholar John Eastman, a central figure in the efforts of former President Trump to cancel the 2020 elections, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday .
- Other emails, reported by the New York Times, reveal that Eastman sent a message to a pro-Trump lawyer claiming to be aware of a “heated fight” between Supreme Court judges over whether to hear a electoral case.
What they’re saying is, “We think it’s time we invited her to talk to the committee at some point,” President Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) Told Axios.
- Thompson said of the committee’s reasoning: “We found out in those Eastman [emails] some information referring to Ginni Thomas “, but declined to go into more detail about what will be asked of him.
- When asked when the invitation would be released, Thompson said, “Soon.”
What’s next: Thursday’s panel hearing will focus on Trump’s efforts to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally reject voters, based on a theory espoused by Eastman.