House Jan. 6 committee comes to agreement to interview Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas
Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, agreed to be questioned by the House committee investigating the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, her lawyer announced Wednesday.
“I can confirm that Ginni Thomas has agreed to participate in a voluntary interview with the Committee,” said Mark Paoletta, her lawyer. “As she has said from the outset, Mrs. Thomas is eager to answer the Committee’s questions to clear up any misconceptions about her work relating to the 2020 election. She looks forward to that opportunity.”
The committee typically interviews witnesses behind closed doors and then decides whether to show video or audio recordings of the testimony at public hearings. CNN was the first to report the news on Ginni Thomas’ agreeing to appear before the panel.
Separately, the committee announced Wednesday its next hearing would be Sept. 28 at 1 p.m.
The committee has been eager to talk with Ginni Thomas because she sent dozens of text messages to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows urging him to fight the results of the 2020 election.
Among the 29 messages, Ginni Thomas called “the greatest Heist of our History” in a text on Nov. 10, 2020, according to The Washington Post.
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In addition, Ginni Thomas urged Arizona state lawmakers to reverse former President Donald Trump’s election loss in 2020 by choosing electors themselves. And the Washington Post reported she also pressured Wisconsin lawmakers to do the same.
Ginni Thomas acknowledged attending Trump’s rally Jan. 6, 2021, before a mob of his supporters attacked the Capitol. But she said she left the rally because it was cold and never went to the Capitol.