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House Democrat calls for Clarence Thomas to resign following report of wife’s email with Eastman
by Mychael Schnell - 06/17/22 1:24 PM ET
Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) called on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign on Thursday after news that his wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, emailed with conservative lawyer John Eastman, who was central in former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
In a statement on Thursday, Pascrell said Thomas “cannot possibly be seen as a neutral actor,” labeling him “a corrupt jurist.”
“Over the last few years, we have become numb to bad acts by powerful actors, but Clarence and Ginni Thomas have participated in one of the worst breaches of trust ever seen in our court system,” Pascrell said.
“Clarence Thomas cannot possibly be seen as a neutral actor but instead as a corrupt jurist who has poisoned the High Court. Clarence Thomas should have dignity and final respect for our democracy and resign,” he added.
The call came less than a day after The Washington Post reported that the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has obtained email communication between Ginni Thomas and Eastman. The sources, however, would not provide details of the correspondence.
That revelation added to the heaps of reporting on detail Thomas’s connections to the efforts to overturn the 2020 results.
In March, news broke that Thomas texted with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in the aftermath of the presidential election regarding efforts to reverse the vote.
Earlier this month, the Post reported that she urged 29 GOP state lawmakers in Arizona to choose new presidential electors in an effort to reverse President Biden’s win there.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3527863-house-democrat-calls-for-clarence-thomas-to-resign-following-report-of-wifes-email-with-eastman/
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The last thing Justice Thomas should do is resign.
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Nice try. Who believes Sotomayor, Kagan, or Jackson are doling out blind justice? They were selected for their propensity to legislate from the bench.
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Nice try. Who believes Sotomayor, Kagan, or Jackson are doling out blind justice? They were selected for their propensity to legislate from the bench.
AND their bias.