U.S. Capitol attack probe may seek interview with Justice Thomas’ wife

WASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) – The congressional panel investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol may seek an interview with Virginia Thomas, a Republican activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Select Committee has conducted hundreds of interviews in its investigation of the attack on the Capitol last year by supporters of former President Donald Trump as lawmakers were poised to certify the 2020 election.

Several media outlets, including CNN on Monday, have reported the committee’s possible interest in hearing from Virginia Thomas since her texts with Trump’s then-chief of staff, Mark Meadows, were made public last week in a Washington Post/CBS report.

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The source familiar said a decision had not yet been made on whether to request an interview.

Virginia Thomas, who goes by Ginni, is active in conservative circles and earlier this month said in a separate media interview that she had attended Trump’s rally hours before the Capitol riot. read more

In a series of 29 messages to Meadows following Trump’s loss, Thomas repeatedly asked Meadows to work to overturn the election results. Meadows was found in contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate fully with the Jan. 6 probe. read more

Representatives for Ginni Thomas could not immediately be reached for comment. Representatives for Clarence Thomas and the Supreme Court also could not immediately be reached.

The Jan. 6 Select Committee declined comment.

Thomas, who the court said was hospitalized last week for an infection, was the lone dissenting voice in January when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Trump’s request to block the release of White House records sought by the congressional panel. read more

The Select Committee is scheduled to hold a business meeting later on Monday to vote on a report recommending the full House hold Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser to ex-President Donald Trump, and Daniel Scavino, who was a Trump deputy chief of staff, in contempt of Congress for not cooperating with the probe. read more

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Reporting by Patricia Zengerle, additional reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Aurora Ellis

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