Thomas’ attorney, Mark Paoletta, confirmed the settlement in a statement. “I can confirm that Ginny Thomas has agreed to participate in a voluntary interview with the Commission,” Paoletta said. “As she has said from the beginning, Ms. Thomas is willing to answer the Committee’s questions to clear up any misunderstandings about her work related to the 2020 election. She looks forward to this opportunity.” Trump campaign documents show advisers knew rigging scheme was unfounded CNN was the first to report on the deal. The committee had earlier announced a public hearing for next week. The commission had considered issuing a subpoena to compel her testimony. Thomas, a longtime conservative activist, had pushed lawmakers and top Republican officials to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory, citing unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud. Her efforts attracted the attention of lawmakers and legal scholars who questioned whether she could induce Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any cases connected to causes his wife had worked on. Ginny Thomas repeatedly pressed White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to find ways to overturn the election, according to messages she sent him weeks after the election. The messages represent an extraordinary conduit between Thomas and one of Trump’s top aides, as the president and his allies have vowed to take their efforts all the way to the Supreme Court. The Post’s Aaron Blake explains how Virginia Thomas’ texts pushing former White House staffers to overturn the 2020 election affect the Supreme Court. (Video: Mahlia Posey/The Washington Post) The Attack: Before, During, and After He emailed 29 Arizona state legislators in November and December 2020, urging them to set aside Biden’s popular vote victory and “pick” their own presidential electors. He also emailed a pair of Republican congressmen in Wisconsin urging them to do the same. On March 6, 2021 — two months after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress confirmed Biden’s victory — Thomas attended a rally of right-wing activists where a speaker declared to thunderous applause that Trump was still the “ legitimate president. ,” a video of the event shows.
