Clarence Thomas really doesn't want the Jan 6th committee to see those subpoenaed WH documents

[bigtree]

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The fact that Clarence Thomas continues to fail to recuse himself, given the activities of his wife that are directly related to the insurrection, is mind-boggling twitter.com/mjs_dc/status/1483941331995176965u00a0u2026
— Norman Ornstein (@Norman Ornstein)

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[dflprincess]

1. He should have recused himself from this decision

not that I expect Thomas to ever do the right thing.

[uponit7771]

7. +1

[Ocelot II]

10. He's kind of stuck, isn't he? If he recused himself everyone would wonder why.

Just voting against releasing the documents raises eyebrows (and the court's order did not include a written dissent), but he could have come up with some lame legal argument which wouldn't have raised the question of a conflict of interest or the possible involvement of Ginni. Recusal, though, is rare at the Supreme Court and almost always involves a possible or actual conflict of interest - as when Rehnquist recused himself from deciding the Nixon tapes case because he'd worked in the White House in the OLC. So if Thomas had recused himself there would have been all sorts of entirely reasonable speculation about what the conflict could have been, and many fingers pointed at his wife, Mama MAGA.

[wnylib]

11. Exactly what I was thinking.

[grumpyduck]

2. The plot thickens.

[Progressive Jones]

3. His magahag wife is up to her bleahed blonde hair in this. nt

[Midnight Writer]

4. Question. Have all these Judges (at all levels) been able to see these documents?

Did they have to review them as part of the case?

Did Trump lawyers give cause that certain documents in particular not be released? For example, did they say Document 1 cannot be released because it contains information that would compromise security, or impugn innocent people, or whatever else they come up with?

[wnylib]

12. Good questions. I don't know the answers.

[musette_sf]

5. Ginny's BFF Sidney Powell

is scheduled to sing soon....

[Ocelot II]

6. I don't get why he'd vote against the release, knowing that all the others were voting for it,

which just makes people wonder that much more whether and to what extent he and/or Ginni were involved (we know Ginni signed a letter opposing the 1/6 Committee). He could have kept a low profile and voted for the release all the others voted for, even his new BFF Alito, since it was going to happen anyhow. Now everybody's wondering why. If he couldn't keep the documents under wraps, was he just trying to keep Ginni happy? Or TFG?

[Kablooie]

16. His wife would tear him to pieces if he didn't.

And he'd have to sleep on the sofa.

[Ocelot II]

17. I suppose. But he could have hidden his bias from the public more easily

by voting with the others, sine the order was unsigned. It's all kind of stinky.

[onecaliberal]

8. He knows what will come out about his wife.

Now that the documents are going to be forthcoming, I think it’s going to hit the dam when the general public finds out his wife raised money to pay for the insurrectionist to go to DC.

[Rhiannon12866]

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[calimary]

14. Hmmmm... wouldn't surprise me if she DID/DOES know something.

Maybe a lot of somethings.

She is NOT a non-combatant.

[Uncle Joe]

13. From what I have read,

I get the impression that she is the more dominant one in their marriage.

It influences me to believe that we have a shadow justice in the S.C.


Thanks for the thread bigtree.

[Cha]

15. Thomas' aren't making it too

Obvious or anything

[KPN]

18. He never should have been awarded the position

of Justice on the US Supreme Court. He has always been tainted. It would bring me great joy to see him impeached. Not likely, but I am keeping that hope alive — at least as long as I am.

[homegirl]

19. With you

100 %, since the hearings before he was appointed.

[LoisB]

20. Agree 100%.