Ginni & Clarence Thomas vs. Democracy: He Sided with Trump in Court While She Backed Coup Attempt

The January 6 committee investigating the deadly attack on the Capitol is reportedly deciding whether to interview Ginni Thomas - the Republican activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas - about her efforts to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss. The move comes after a series of Thomas's texts were made public in which she urges Donald Trump's then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in the weeks following the election to take action to prevent a Biden victory. Justice Thomas is the only justice who dissented in the Supreme Court's decision a few months ago that led to the release of White House documents around January 6. We speak with Ian Millhiser, senior correspondent at Vox, who calls Ginni Thomas a cheerleader at the highest level" for the attempt to overturn the election. When you're a judge, you can't sit on a case where your wife has an interest," says Millhiser. If Clarence Thomas knew that his wife was potentially implicated in this scandal, I think he should have recused himself from this case." Millhiser's latest piece is headlined Clarence Thomas's long fight against fair and democratic elections."