Ginni Thomas says ‘ironclad’ rule is not to talk about pending cases at home

Virginia “Ginny” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, said in an interview with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol that the Thomas and Mrs. said he had an “ironproof” rule not to discuss the case in court.

Thomas testified that she had been active in public and policy activism since she was in her 20s, “long before” she met her husband in 1986.

She also gave the commission her “guarantee” that her husband had never told her about the case pending in court.

“It’s a cardinal rule in our house,” Mr. Thomas said in a spontaneous interview with the House selection committee in September. A transcript of the interview was released by the panel on Friday.

Thomas also shared details about her husband, saying the judge was “agnostic” about politics and didn’t discuss his day-to-day work with him, such as who he was seeing or texting. rice field.

Ms Thomas said her husband was “completely unaware” of her text messages to then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

“Also, it would be foolish for anyone who knew my husband to think that I could influence his jurisprudence. He was independent and stubborn, with a strong character of independence and integrity.” It has character,” she said.

“Regarding the 2020 election, I never told him any details about my volunteer work, nor did I tell him any details about my work post-election.

The interviews were the result of months of interviews conducted by the committee with conservative activists. Reportedly, John Eastman and the attorney who drafted the Trump campaign memo outlining how then-Vice President Mike Pence could retain the then-Vice-President, reportedly emailed him. exchanged emails. -President Trump takes power.

Thomas also texted lawmakers in Meadows and Arizona about their efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

In the weeks after the 2020 election, Thomas reportedly exchanged dozens of text messages with Meadows about how to install Trump into a second term in the White House despite losing to Biden. It seemed to show her strategy about what…a clear fraud” and “the greatest robbery in our history.”

In testimony released Friday, Thomas said he “wanted to do something about fraud and fraud at the state level” because he “didn’t think the election was going in the right direction.”

However, when asked about her text message to Meadows, she added later in her testimony that she “regrets” the tone and content of the message.

“I regret the tone and content of these texts. …it was just an emotional time,” she said.

Critics have previously said the judge should have withdrawn himself from any case related to the January 6 attacks in light of his wife’s political activism.

Hours after her testimony was made public, Thomas’ attorney, Mark Paoletta, said on Twitter that Thomas was not mentioned “once” in the commission’s 845-page final report.

“This is not surprising, as the facts and transcript indicate that Mrs. Thomas’s post-election activity was minimal and mainstream, and that the Commission had no good reason to interview her. ”

Nevertheless, Paoletta added that Thomas voluntarily met the committee for an interview and “cooperated fully” with the investigation.

He went on to accuse Democrats and their “allies” of what he called a “vicious and relentless attack” against Thomas, along with “baseless slander.” He also alleged that someone on the committee leaked Thomas’ texts and emails to the press.

“Despite all the criticism directed at Mrs. Thomas, the Commission concluded that none of her activity deserved mention. ‘ he added.