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Senate Democrats on Friday called for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any case related to the events of Jan. 6, after it was revealed that his wife sent text messages to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows urging him to challenge Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.
Highlighting reports of the messages between Meadows and Ginni Thomas, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released a statement claiming “Justice Thomas’ conduct on the Supreme Court looks increasingly corrupt.”
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., during a Senate Finance Committee hearing about youth mental health on Capitol Hill on Feb. 8, 2022 in Washington, D.C.
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Wyden said Thomas should “recuse himself from any case related to the January 6th investigation, and should Donald Trump run again, any case related to the 2024 election.”
“Judges are obligated to recuse themselves when their participation in a case would create even the appearance of a conflict of interest,” Wyden added. “Justice Thomas participated in cases related to Donald Trump’s efforts to rig and then overturn the 2020 election, while his wife was pushing to do the same. He was the lone dissent in a case that could have denied the January 6th Committee records pertaining to the same plot his wife supported.”
Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Virginia ‘Ginni’ Thomas arrive at the Heritage Foundation on Oct. 21, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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Wyden’s comments follow reports about text messages, copies of which were obtained by The Washington Post and CBS, sent between Ginni Thomas and Meadows. Prior to ending his cooperation with the investigation, those text messages, part of a larger number of documents, were turned over by Meadows to the House select committee investigating the events at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
In one message, the Post reported that Ginni, who has been married to…
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