WASHINGTON – The House committee to investigate the January 6, 2021 uprising at the Capitol will ask Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, for an interview, the panel’s chair said Thursday.
Thomas, a conservative activist, communicated with people in President Donald Trump’s classroom before the attack and also on the day of the rebellion, when hundreds of Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol and obstructed the certification of Joe Biden’s victory. done.
Mississippi Representative Benny Thompson, the Democratic chairman of the panel, said “it’s time for him to talk” to the committee after investigators discovered information referencing Thomas – better known as Ginny – in communications he had in Trump. related to one. Lawyer, John Eastman. Eastman had been advising Trump in the weeks and days before the attack as the president pushed Vice President Mike Pence to object to or attempt to delay Biden’s certification on January 6.
Thompson did not specify a time or schedule for the interview. He said that his name may also come up at some point in the hearing of the panel to be held throughout June.
The email between Eastman and Thomas was first reported by The Washington Post.
This is not the first time panel members have said they want to speak to Thomas. In March, lawmakers on the committee said they were considering inviting him for a witness interview about text messages with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on the day of the attack. But he still hasn’t spoken to the panel.
Justice Thomas was the only member of the Supreme Court who voted against a court order allowing the January 6 committee to obtain Trump records that were kept by the National Archives and Records Administration. The court voted in January to allow the committee to receive the documents.
The court did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Justice on Thursday.
Associated Press writer Mark Sherman contributed to this report.
