Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ Wife Refuses To Testify To Jan. 6 House Panel, Her Lawyer Says

According to The New York Times, Thomas had texted with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows about challenging Joseph Biden’s presidential election victory.

In addition to the text exchange, the committee reviewed emails between Thomas and John Eastman, a lawyer who was a proponent of the idea Vice President Mike Pence could refuse to certify the Electoral College results the day the Capitol riots broke out.

“The only other email Mr. Eastman produced where he and Mrs. Thomas communicated directly is from Nov. 6 — a month before Mr. Eastman filed anything on President Trump’s behalf and two months before” the violence in Washington D.C., Mark Paoletta wrote in the letter to the House select committee.

“In that email, Mrs. Thomas merely forwarded a document with a few comments to Mr. Eastman and another person. Someone else drafted the document, which discussed ways to address the election fraud concerns held by millions of Americans,” he claimed.

Nine other documents, he continued, were duplicates or emails that Eastman received because he appeared to be on a distribution list.

“Not a single document shows any coordination between Mrs. Thomas and Mr. Eastman,” Paoletta wrote.

The lawyer also noted emails and documents were all sent “on or before Dec. 9.”

Although Paoletta insisted that Thomas “has expressed a willingness to try to come before the committee as a means of clearing her name,” he advised her not to appear based on his “understanding of the facts the committee has in its possession.”

“I do not believe there is currently a sufficient basis to speak with Mrs. Thomas,” he wrote, noting he would revisit his stance if further information were to surface.