Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is once again drawing attention for her emails, this time for ones she sent to Wisconsin lawmakers.
Ginni Thomas emailed both state Sen. Kathy Bernier (R) and state Rep. Gary Tauchen (R) to ask them to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s loss in Wisconsin. Both of the emails were sent on Nov. 9, 2020, at 10:47 a.m., only two days after President Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election, according to emails that were obtained by watchdog group Documented via public records law.
“This responsibility is yours and yours alone — it doesn’t rest with any Board of Elections, Secretary of State, Governor, or even court,” both emails read. “And it certainly doesn’t rest with the media. That’s why I am writing today to urge you to do your Constitutional duty. Please stand strong in the face of political and media pressure. Please reflect on the awesome authority granted to you by our Constitution. And then please take action to ensure that a clean slate of Electors is chosen for our state.”
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The emails also ask the lawmakers to attend a live or virtual meeting with Ginni Thomas so she “can learn more about what you are doing to ensure our state’s vote count is audited and our certification is clean.” Both emails were sent with FreeRoots, an online platform. The messages came at a time when Trump and his supporters started alleging election malfeasance in Wisconsin and other states deprived him of victory in 2020, and in the time since, investigators have uncovered evidence of an effort to line up alternate electors while Trump and his allies challenged the results. Election officials and the courts have roundly rejected claims of widespread fraud, and Biden became president on Jan. 20, 2021.
Ginni Thomas has become a subject of interest for congressional investigators scrutinizing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and efforts to overturn the 2020 elections results, particularly after the Washington Post report reported in June that Ginni Thomas urged 22 members of the Arizona House and seven members of the state Senate to “choose” new electors to reverse Trump’s loss in the state. Like the Wisconsin emails, the Arizona messages were sent through FreeRoots.
In July, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the vice chairwoman of the Jan. 6 committee, stated that the panel is “fully willing to contemplate a subpoena” of Ginni Thomas if she refuses to provide her testimony. While Ginni Thomas has said she would testify before the committee “to clear up misconceptions,” her lawyer, Mark Paoletta, then asked the committee “to provide a better justification” before his client testifies.
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In January, the Supreme Court rejected a request from Trump to block the release of White House records from the Jan. 6 panel, with Clarence Thomas being the only member of the court to dissent against the order rejecting the former president’s request based on the argument that the records were protected by executive privilege. Ginni Thomas has maintained that her political activism is separate from her husband’s role on the high court.
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman was hired by the Wisconsin Assembly to conduct what became a controversial 2020 election investigation, but he was fired this month.
