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Jun 14 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Ginni Thomas, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife, pressured 29 Arizona lawmakers to help overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat, reports the @washingonpost. We’ve filed a suite of public records requests to investigate the Thomas’ political activism.
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
We’ve previously published records that show Ginni Thomas’ ties to the Trump admin. and others that suggest her husband, Justice Clarence Thomas, was in contact with Fla. Gov. DeSantis.
americanoversight.org/ginni-thomas-r…
This spring, we filed more #FOIA requests to investigate her links to the Trump admin.

We asked DHS, DOT, HHS, HUD, Treasury, & more for emails sent or received by officials during the Trump admin. that include terms such as “Thomas Clerk,” “Ginni Thomas,” & “Justice Thomas."
We also asked each agency for any communications to or from Ginni Thomas or anyone communicating on her behalf.

These records could shed light on the Thomas’ political connections and influence.
americanoversight.org/documents?docu…
In March, the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection obtained texts showing Ginni Thomas repeatedly pushed former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to pursue Donald Trump’s election-overturning schemes.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
Last year, Ginni Thomas invited Florida Gov. DeSantis to join a call for a “cone-of-silence coalition,” records we obtained show. She told DeSantis’s aides that her husband, Justice Thomas, had been in contact with the governor “on various things.”
americanoversight.org/ginni-thomas-r…
Ginni Thomas’ career as a prominent conservative activist, more heavily involved in politics than any other spouse of a Supreme Court justice in history, has for years raised concerns among legal experts who note that justices typically avoid even being seen as partisan.
Through her activism, Ginni Thomas has taken stances on issues that have come before the Supreme Court, such as on abortion, gun rights, and the Affordable Care Act, and recently took on major role in challenging Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
Justice Thomas’ repeated failure to recuse himself on multiple matters relevant to his wife’s advocacy has been the subject of scrutiny.

Learn more about these serious ethics concerns:
americanoversight.org/ginni-thomas-r…

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Jun 14
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Records we’ve obtained show taxpayers paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the problematic trips.
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Jun 14
We’ve been investigating an election “audit” in Fulton County, Pa.

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Jun 13
This morning’s Jan. 6 hearing highlighted Rudy Giuliani’s role in spreading lies about widespread voter fraud.

Records we’ve obtained document his role in promoting these lies in Arizona.
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Jun 13
Today's hearing of the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack is expected to focus on the origins and impact of Trump's election lies.

See how we've been investigating the fallout of those claims in the bogus election reviews in multiple states. americanoversight.org/areas_of_inves…
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