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Judi Lynn

(160,516 posts)
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 06:49 AM Jan 2022

Wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas signs letter against Jan. 6 committee

On Jan. 6, Ginni Thomas was supporting the Capitol riot violence as it unfolded on her social media

By SARAH K. BURRIS
PUBLISHED JANUARY 19, 2022 4:24AM (EST)

It has been less than a week since 11 Oath Keepers were arrested with seditious conspiracy, but the spouse of Justice Clarence Thomas believes that they "have done nothing wrong."

Bulwark's Charlie Sykes pointed to a letter signed by Ginni Thomas along with many other fringe conservatives like the Family Research Council, the chair of the Tea Party Patriots Fund and the president of the Club for Growth. The letter speaks out against Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who serve on the Jan. 6 committee which bothers Republicans who believe the GOP should be unified in protecting those who participated in a "coup," as three retired U.S. Army generals characterized it.

"The actions of Reps. Cheney and Kinzinger on behalf of House Democrats have given supposedly bipartisan justification to an overtly partisan political persecution that brings disrespect to our country's rule of law, legal harassment to private citizens who have done nothing wrong, and which demeans the standing of the House," the letter Thomas signed says.

It adds to questions about Mrs. Thomas that surfaced after the attack at the U.S. Capitol. On Jan. 6, she was supporting the violence as it unfolded on her social media. When screen captures were being circulated, she promptly deleted her Facebook account, as Law and Crime observed at the time.

More:
https://www.salon.com/2022/01/19/wife-of-justice-clarence-thomas-signs-letter-against-jan-6-committee_partner/

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Wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas signs letter against Jan. 6 committee (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2022 OP
The question I have, will anyone ask Thomas to recuse himself from any cases involving the Jan. 6th JohnSJ Jan 2022 #1
Of course not. Rincewind Jan 2022 #2
Hell no Rebl2 Jan 2022 #5
She's more of an anti-American piece of shit than her husband... AZ8theist Jan 2022 #3
I recall reading that she had financed busing people to the failed coup randr Jan 2022 #4
She does realize that if the Federalist Society picked the judges heckles65 Jan 2022 #6
If there is proof she helped the insurrection, she should be arrested and tried. marie999 Jan 2022 #7
subpoena her RussBLib Jan 2022 #8

JohnSJ

(92,136 posts)
1. The question I have, will anyone ask Thomas to recuse himself from any cases involving the Jan. 6th
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 07:59 AM
Jan 2022

Last edited Wed Jan 19, 2022, 09:09 AM - Edit history (1)

insurrection because of this?

Rincewind

(1,202 posts)
2. Of course not.
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 08:22 AM
Jan 2022

That would require ethics, something he does not have. Remember, his wife was working for the W. Bush campaign, and he did not recuse during Bush v. Gore.

AZ8theist

(5,454 posts)
3. She's more of an anti-American piece of shit than her husband...
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 08:29 AM
Jan 2022

I heard somewhere she helped fund the terrorist attack on the Capital.

SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY Ginni, Seditious Conspiracy.

randr

(12,409 posts)
4. I recall reading that she had financed busing people to the failed coup
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 08:55 AM
Jan 2022

Right after the event, can't recall the source.

heckles65

(549 posts)
6. She does realize that if the Federalist Society picked the judges
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 11:46 AM
Jan 2022

prior to 1967, she couldn't have married her husband in about half the states??

Oh no, she probably thinks, I'd be the exception...

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