. they believe the 2020 election was stolen. ginni thomas first came under scrutiny for sending text messages to mark med owns couraging then president trump not to concede the 2020 election. meadows, of course, was trump as chief of staff at the time. in her opening statement to the committee yesterday, she dead she said justice thomas was completely unaware of my texts with mark meadows until the committee leaked them to the press. her attorney also issued a statement yesterday arguing that her activities relating to the 2020 election were minimal. a jury has been seated in the truly of oath keepers leader stewart rhodes. rhodes and the other members face he is dishs conspiracy and other charges in the january 6th attack on the capitol. the 16-member jury will be sworn
committee, congresswoman in a competitive reelection. being home and on the campaign trail is important because she s in a tight race. the hearing has yet to be scheduled. they re trying to find a time that works for everyone but i think ginni thomas s testimony is just going to be a small snippet of the broader story that the committee is trying to tell. and as we know with the final hearing there s going to be several different themes touched upon. i can imagine the committee certainly using certain parts of thomas s testimony. all right. and also a jury has been seated in the trial of oath keepers leader stuart rhodes and four other members of the right wing militia group. rhodes and the other members face seditious conspiracy and other charges in the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. the 16-member jury consists of nine men and seven women. four of them will be alternates. they ll be sworn in on monday when opening statements are set
the 2020 election. in her opening statement to the committee yesterday she said her husband justice thomas was quote completely unaware of my texts with mark meadows until this committee leaked them to the press. her attorney also issued a statement yesterday arguing that her activities relating to the 2020 election were quote minimal. so elise jordan, and then jackie. i m curious, first of all, defying logic that her interactions with the white house about the election and her involvement with the 2020 election was minimal when there s text messages and evidence everywhere. and what do you make of her still being an election denier? mika, i mean, i would question what her involvement, minimal involvement actually is. i want to see her full throated
here s what chairman bennie thompson said about the interview last night. did she express her belief that the election was still stolen, that she believed that? yes. can you characterize what she is not answering, what she s refusing to answer? you re saying she believes the 2020 election was stolen. thomas first came under scrutiny for sending text messages to mark meadows encouraging then president trump not to concede the 2020 election. in her opening statement to the committee yesterday, she said her husband justice thomas was quote completely unaware of my texts with mark meadows until this committee leaked them to the press. her attorney also issued a statement yesterday arguing that her activities relating to the 2020 election were quote minimal. willie, just the fact that she s still an election denier is
herself. i think there s been a lot of eyebrows raised in the way she s inserted herself into the process, and of course, i think andrew is absolutely right that 100 classified documents are what s at issue here. the fact that she s pushing this into december means that the other 11,000 documents are not in, you know, play for the justice department s criminal investigation, and of course trump can appeal at the end of this entire process, which could send this entire review into january and beyond. ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas was on capitol hill yesterday for an in-person interview with the house select committee investigating january 6th. she spoke with members of the panel behind closed doors for about three and a half hours. thomas didn t answer any questions from reporters, but chairman bennie thompson said she still believes the 2020 election was stolen from donald trump. thomas first came under scrutiny for sending text messages to mark mead