On Thursday, following the bombshell report that the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection has obtained private communications between former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and far-right activist Ginni Thomas, former Ted Cruz staffer Amanda Carpenter said that Thomas' husband, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has some explaining to do about his recent decisions.
In particular, Carpenter noted, Thomas needs to clarify why he was the only member of the Supreme Court to vote against dismissing former President Donald Trump's challenge to the National Archives turning over these communications to Congress in the first place — which raises the possibility that his ruling was at least in part to shield his wife from investigation.
I understand that people want him to resign/recuse/whatever now, but let's look at his specific actions and how they relate, and what gaps there are. (Aside from his unexplained hospitalization.)— Amanda Carpenter (@Amanda Carpenter) 1648163526
I understand that people want to focus on the "Whooo that Ginni Thomas is nuts!" angle but that ain't it. Those two items are what matter.— Amanda Carpenter (@Amanda Carpenter) 1648163879
It's also worth emphasizing Thomas was the *lone dissent* when SCOTUS authorized the National Archives to release documents. The only one. Even the Trump-appointed judges said yes. And he never explained why.— Amanda Carpenter (@Amanda Carpenter) 1648164336
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