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Sep 1 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
It wasn’t just in Arizona.

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, also pressured Wisconsin lawmakers to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to new reporting from the @washingtonpost.
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
On Nov. 9, 2020, Thomas emailed Wisconsin state Sen. Kathy Bernier and state Rep. Gary Tauchen: “Please take action to ensure that a clean slate of Electors is chosen for our state.”
This is a reference to the plot to use fake slates of electors to overturn the election.

We obtained the fake electoral certificates via #FOIA.
americanoversight.org/investigation/…
On August 11, we filed a records request seeking records of communications between Bernier’s office and Thomas. We obtained records that include the email from Thomas, sent on Nov. 9, 2020, urging Bernier to support fake slates of electors.
The message is identical to the emails Thomas sent to Arizona lawmakers.
washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Read more about the Washington Post’s reporting on Thomas’ emails to Wisconsin lawmakers here:
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
We previously published records that showed Thomas’ ties to high-level Trump administration officials and others that suggested Justice Thomas was in contact with Florida Gov. DeSantis. Read more here:
americanoversight.org/ginni-thomas-r…

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