Senate Democrats called on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from an upcoming decision regarding former President Donald Trump’s assertion of absolute immunity in the federal criminal case in which he faces four fraud-related charges alleging he interfered in the 2020 election.
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee sought to resolve a conflict of interest that emerged in the case due to Justice Thomas’s wife, Ginni Thomas’, involvement in the alleged plot to keep Trump in office after he lost the election to Joe Biden.
Senators allege Ginni Thomas played a central role in the alleged scheme that was hatched more than three years ago after Biden won the election, but Trump falsely claimed to his followers that the vote was stolen, leading to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol which sought to overturn the results by disrupting Biden’s certification.
Thomas allegedly used her influence and outspokenness to boost conservative support for Trump’s baseless claims in the weeks following the contentious vote, while she sent text messages to Trump’s then-chief of staff, Mark Meadows, expressing her alignment with efforts to throw out the vote and keep Trump in office — all while challenging the established norms of the peaceful transfer of power.
Ginni Thomas also attended the notorious “Stop the Steal” rally immediately before the violent mob stormed the Capitol, and she was among the loudest voices in conservative circles clamoring for protesters to challenge Biden’s election victory.
“LOVE MAGA people!!!! GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU STANDING UP or PRAYING,” she tweeted on Jan. 6 before the deadly insurrection that has since resulted in hundreds of convictions, including lengthy prison terms for an assortment of far-right extremists who were found guilty of seditious conspiracy and other various obstruction charges.
On Tuesday, Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin put more pressure on…
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