Jan. 6 committee chairman pronounces Ginni Thomas might be deposed this week

Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the spouse of Supreme Court docket Justice Clarence Thomas, will sit for a deposition this week, Jan. 6 committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) introduced Wednesday.

The deposition might be associated to Ginni Thomas's alleged position in making an attempt to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election. Ginni Thomas pushed lawmakers to overturn the outcomes, citing widespread voter fraud, committee members alleged, pointing to textual content messages she purportedly despatched.

JAN. 6 COMMITTEE POSTPONES WEDNESDAY HEARING

Ginni Thomas agreed to fulfill with the committee final week. The interview was anticipated to happen earlier than the ultimate Jan. 6 listening to on Wednesday, however the panel postponed the listening to attributable to Hurricane Ian.

“I can affirm that Ginni Thomas has agreed to take part in a voluntary interview with the Committee,” Ginni Thomas’s legal professional, Mark Paoletta, stated final week. “As she has stated from the outset, Mrs. Thomas is raring to reply the Committee’s inquiries to clear up any misconceptions about her work referring to the 2020 election. She seems ahead to that chance.”

Ginni Thomas's choice to sit down down with the committee voluntarily signifies that she has not been subpoenaed, and she or he is not going to be compelled to reply its questions. However she will nonetheless be charged whether it is decided that she is mendacity to Congress.

One of the crucial vital questions the committee is predicted to ask is to what extent her husband, a Supreme Court docket justice, knew about her efforts to overturn the election. Clarence Thomas was the lone dissenting voice in opposition to handing presidential data over to the committee, a vote that has prompted some Democrats to name for his removing from the bench.

As a conservative activist, Ginni Thomas has generated controversy attributable to her husband's place on the Supreme Court docket, which final 12 months dominated on issues associated to the occasions of Jan. 6 and efforts by Congress to research the riot on the Capitol.