January 6 Committee Chair Bennie Thompson Focuses on Clarence Thomas’s WifeBreccan F. Thies 22 Apr 2022
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), chair of the House committee investigating January 6, is under scrutiny for going after Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, another example of his years-long effort to discredit the Court’s most conservative member.
While Thompson is attempting to frame his attack as being about Ginni, sources in D.C. cannot but note that the man leading the charge has evinced decades of hostility toward Thomas, even calling Justice Thomas an “Uncle Tom” in the past.
Specifically, some speculated that the “House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol” — led by Thompson — is focusing on Ginni as a conduit to achieve a larger purpose: to force Thomas to recuse himself from nearly every major issue before the Court.
Ginni is a conservative grassroots activist, having founded the Tea Party-affiliated political advocacy nonprofit Liberty Central in 2009, as well as being a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump.
What has particularly sparked the committee’s interest, however, was — long before the riots started — supporting attendees of Trump’s January 6 Save America rally at the Ellipse outside the White House.
Like many conservative Republicans, Ginni seemed to have unanswered questions about the 2020 election and showed up for what was intended to be a peaceful protest. As Breitbart News reported, “Ginni’s opponents tried to tie her earlier comments to the riot, despite her public statements opposing the violence.”
Ginni maintains she “played no role” in planning the January 6 rally but said she attended to support Trump and left well before chaos descended on the Capitol Building.
Another focus of the committee are text messages from Ginni to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows regarding challenging 2020 election results.
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