Thomas should not recuse himself on Jan. 6 Supreme Court cases, McCarthy says

by · Washington Examiner

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas shouldn't have to recuse himself from cases related to the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol despite news that his wife, Ginni Thomas, pushed former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to pursue taking action to attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

"No, I think Justice Thomas can make his decisions like he's made them every other time,” McCarthy told reporters during a press conference during the House GOP retreat on Friday.

“It's his decision based upon law. If you spent any time studying the Supreme Court justice, he's one who studies correctly," McCarthy said. "If he sees it's not upholding the Constitution he'll rule against it. If it's the Constitution, that's what his job should be, it's him."

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The Washington Post reported the details of text message exchanges between Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist, and Meadows, with Thomas sending: “Help This Great President stand firm, Mark!!!...You are the leader, with him, who is standing for America’s constitutional governance at the precipice. The majority knows Biden and the Left is attempting the greatest Heist of our History,” on Nov. 10, 2020.

“This is a fight of good versus evil. Evil always looks like the victor until the King of Kings triumphs. Do not grow weary in well doing. The fight continues. I have staked my career on it. Well at least my time in DC on it,” Meadows responded on Nov. 24.

The Jan. 6 select committee tasked with investigating the riot is looking into the texts, which were part of the 2,320 text messages provided to the panel by Meadows.

The developments have sparked concerns that Thomas’s discussions with the former president’s inner circle on the matter potentially pose a conflict of interest for her husband.

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Clarence Thomas was the sole dissenter in the Supreme Court’s ruling that former President Donald Trump could not use executive privilege to block the select committee from receiving documents related to Jan. 6.