Friday 20 May 2022 09:07 PM Clarence Thomas' wife Ginni urged Arizona lawmakers to overturn Biden's victory ... trends now
The wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas pressed Republicans in Arizona to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 election victory there, according to emails published on Friday.
Ginni Thomas repeated President Donald Trump's false claims that the election was marred by fraud.
'Please stand strong in the face of political and media pressure,' she wrote.
'Please reflect on the awesome authority granted to you by our constitution. And then please take action to ensure that a clean slate of electors is chosen for our state.'
The swing state of Arizona was central to Trump's claim that he was cheated of victory.
Biden won the state by about 10,000 votes. The decision by Fox News to call the state for Biden infuriated Trump, and he has repeatedly disputed the outcome.
Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist wife of Justice Clarence Thomas pressed Republicans in Arizona to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 victory there, according to emails published on Friday
Democrats and ethics campaigners have called on Justice Thomas to recuse himself from cases involving the 2020 election because of his wife's efforts to reverse the result
The messages reveal how Thomas was more deeply involved in the effort to reverse Joe Biden's 2020 win over President Donald Trump than previously known
Emails obtained by the Washington Post show Thomas, a conservative activists, messaged a pair of lawmakers on Nov. 9, 2020, urging legislators to intervene,
'Though she did not mention either candidate by name, the context was clear,' said the Post.
The messages reveal how Thomas was more deeply involved in the effort to reverse Biden's win than previously known.
They will reignite concerns about conflicts of interest, following earlier reports that she had texted Mark Meadows,
