WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is likely to seek an interview with Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, concerning her text messages with a top White House official about overturning the 2020 election, officials familiar with the matter said.
Committee chair Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, favors questioning the conservative activist. The panel’s Republican vice chair, Liz Cheney of Wyoming, doesn’t object and there is growing sentiment on the panel to bring Ginni Thomas in for a voluntary interview, two of the officials said.
The panel voted Monday evening to hold two former Trump aides in contempt for refusing to testify, but the topic of interviewing Thomas isn’t expected to be addressed, as of now.
