Report: Ginni Thomas Pressured Lawmakers to Challenge Election Results

Facts

• According to a report by the Washington Post, conservative activist Ginni Thomas, the wife of SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas, allegedly pressured Wisc. lawmakers to challenge the 2020 presidential election results.
• Citing emails obtained under public record laws, the report alleges Thomas emailed two Wisc. lawmakers on Nov. 9 urging them to "stand strong in the face of media and political pressure" and "take action to ensure a clean slate of electors is chosen."
• It was reported earlier this summer that 29 Ariz. lawmakers received emails from Ginni Thomas in Nov. and Dec. 2020 urging them to "choose" their own electors despite Biden winning the popular vote.
• Thomas' activism has raised ethical issues in the past due to her husband's position, but scrutiny has intensified since it was reported she exchanged text messages with Trump's chief of staff after the 2020 election.
• The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riots has expressed an interest in hearing voluntary testimony from her, but she has refused. The committee hasn't subpoenaed Thomas.
• Bernier - one of the lawmakers to allegedly receive an email - acknowledged Thomas' First Amendment right to "speak her mind," and said the state legislature could've overturned the results if significant evidence surfaced, but there was none.

Sources: Washington Post, Daily Mail, and Newsweek.

Narratives

• Democratic narrative, as provided by MSNBC. Just when we think we know the extent of Ginni Thomas' attempt to overturn legitimate election results, even more evidence emerges. This report proves that she wasn't simply the spouse of a sitting justice expressing opinions, she was an active participant in shaping the effort to overturn the election. She should have to answer under oath for what she did.
• Pro-Trump narrative, as provided by Federalist. These attacks on Ginni Thomas are unfair. She's a private citizen with a First Amendment right to challenge election results or contact lawmakers if she chooses. This is merely an attempt to make it seem like there was a widespread coup after the 2020 election, instead of what really happened, which was an effort to ensure the results were legitimate before a transfer of power.