最高法院大法官克拉伦斯·托马斯的妻子吉妮·托马斯对此表示同意自愿与众议院1月6日委员会对话据她的律师说。
“我可以证实吉妮·托马斯已经同意参加委员会的自愿采访，”她的律师马克·保莱塔在周三的一份声明中说。“正如她从一开始就说过的，托马斯夫人渴望回答委员会的问题，以澄清对她与2020年选举有关的工作的任何误解。她期待着这个机会。”
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本尼·汤普森主席。他在6月份告诉记者，该委员会将“很快”邀请吉尼·托马斯与该小组对话。
“我们认为，在某个时候，我们应该邀请她来委员会说话，”汤普森接着说，此前有消息称，她与右翼律师约翰·伊斯曼(John Eastman)交换了电子邮件，后者是托马斯大法官的前秘书。
除了她和伊士曼之间的信息之外，委员会还掌握了吉妮·托马斯和唐纳德·特朗普总统的最后一任幕僚长马克·梅多斯之间的短信。还披露了她与各州官员就推翻2020年总统选举的努力进行沟通的电子邮件。
Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, moderates a panel discussion in National Harbor, Md., Feb. 23, 2017.
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委员会给她发了一封信，要求在6月份进行面试。
当月晚些时候，汤普森表示，与金尼·托马斯的对话仍在进行中:“我们希望继续对话，努力让她加入进来。”
该委员会表示，伊士曼是以欺诈方式推翻2020年总统选举的法律计划的幕后策划者，部分原因是他向时任副总统迈克·彭斯施压，要求他在2021年1月6日拒绝一些州的合法选举人票，当时国会开会认证选举结果。
吉尼·托马斯在六月告诉每日来电，“我迫不及待地想澄清误解。我期待着与他们(委员会)交谈。”
伊斯曼呢在6月的一篇博客中写道他为自己辩护道:“我从未与托马斯夫人或托马斯法官讨论过任何悬而未决或可能出现在法庭上的事情。”
Ginni Thomas to speak with Jan. 6 committee, claims 'misconceptions' about her role in 2020 election
Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has agreedto voluntarily speak with the House Jan. 6 committee, according to her lawyer.
"I can confirm that Ginni Thomas has agreed to participate in a voluntary interview with the Committee," her attorney Mark Paoletta said in a statement on Wednesday. "As she has said from the outset, Mrs. Thomas is eager to answer the Committee's questions to clear up any misconceptions about her work relating to the 2020 election. She looks forward to that opportunity."
CNNwas firstto report the news.
Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told reporters in June that the committee would "soon" invite Ginni Thomas to speak with the panel.
"We think it's time that we would, at some point, invite her to come talk to the committee," Thompson said then, in the wake of revelations about emails that sources said she exchanged with right-wing lawyer John Eastman, a former clerk to Justice Thomas.
The committee is in possession of text messages between Ginni Thomas and President Donald Trump's last chief of staff, Mark Meadows, in addition to the messages between her and Eastman. Emails have also been revealed of her communicating with officials in various states about efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The committee sent a letter to her requesting an interview in June.
Later that month, Thompson said a dialogue with Ginni Thomas was ongoing: "It's our expectation that we will keep talking and trying to get her to come in."
The committee has said Eastman was the mastermind behind the legal scheme to fraudulently overturn the 2020 presidential election, in part by pressuring then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject some states' legitimate electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021, when Congress met to certify the election results.
Ginni Thomastold The Daily Caller in June, "I can't wait to clear up misconceptions. I look forward to talking to them [the committee]."
And Eastmanwrote in a June blog post, defending himself: "At no time did I discuss with Mrs. Thomas or Justice Thomas any matters pending or likely to come before the Court."
