The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is holding its third public hearing, this time focused on former President Donald Trump's efforts to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject the electoral account to help overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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The chairman of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol says that the panel will “soon” seek an interview with Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, a conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
“We think it’s time that we, at some point, invite her to come and talk to the committee,” Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told reporters on Thursday ahead of the panel’s third public hearing.
The news comes in the aftermath of a report from The Washington Post that the House Jan. 6 panel obtained email correspondence between Thomas and John Eastman, a conservative law professor who authored a memo arguing that then-Vice President Mike Pence had the legal authority to reject the electoral count and overturn the results of the 2020 election. Eastman previously served as a law clerk for Justice Thomas.
"It's time for her to come talk," Thompson said. He did not specify a time or schedule for an interview, but noted that her name could also come up at some point in the panel's upcoming hearings.
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