Texts reportedly showed Thomas urging then-President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, to try to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.
The House panel has interviewed more than 500 witnesses, received tens of thousands of documents and issued at least 80 subpoenas related to the probe. But targeting the wife of Thomas, a sitting Supreme Court justice and a conservative favorite, would mark a politically volatile development in a probe that has already faced a barrage of Republican accusations of partisan bias.
Durbin said it would be"the ultimate conflict of interest" for Thomas to participate in a case"where his wife is frequently contacting the chief of staff for the president giving advice on matters that are going to be ultimately litigated by the court."Asked about the controversy Monday afternoon, Biden said the question of Thomas' recusal should be left up to the Jan. 6 committee and the Department of Justice.
After news outlets projected Biden the winner of the 2020 election, Thomas on Nov. 10 reportedly wrote Meadows: "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."
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