Jan. 6 committee could subpoena Virginia Thomas, spouse of Supreme Court docket justice

Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the spouse of conservative Supreme Court docket Justice Clarence Thomas, may very well be compelled to testify about her function within the rebel on Jan. 6, in accordance with Rep. Liz Cheney, who’s vice chair of the committee investigating the occasions surrounding the assault on the U.S. Capitol.

In an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, the Wyoming Republican stated the committee is speaking to the attorneys of Ginni Thomas and urging her to cooperate.

“We definitely hope that she’s going to agree to return in voluntarily, however the committee is totally ready to ponder a subpoena if she doesn’t,” Cheney stated. “I hope it would not get to that. I hope she’s going to are available voluntarily.”

“It is crucial for us to talk to her,” Cheney stated.

Thomas is one in all many individuals that the congressional committee has sought data from because it investigates the occasions of Jan. 6, 2021. Earlier this 12 months, NBC Information and different retailers obtained a series of text messages that Thomas reportedly sent to former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows backing the false declare that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

Thomas reportedly inspired Meadows to overturn President Joe Biden’s election victory.

When information retailers projected Biden because the winner of the election on Nov. 10, Thomas reportedly wrote to Meadows: “Assist This Nice President stand agency, Mark!!!…You’re the chief, with him, who’s standing for America’s constitutional governance on the precipice. The bulk is aware of Biden and the Left is trying the best Heist of our Historical past.”

Cheney and the remainder of the Jan. 6 committee have additionally tried to compel different individuals near Trump or with entry to the White Home to return ahead and testify about that day’s occasions — in some circumstances, with out success.

Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon was found guilty on Friday of two counts of contempt of Congress after a federal trial in Washington, D.C., after he refused to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee’s subpoena.