the issue is, in these cases, her documents, her words, her texts, will be in the box of materials that the court is trying to that the january 6th committee is trying to get. should he recuse himself going forward now that all of this stuff has come out? i don t think there s any question that he should. so, i agree with the way you ve framed this, although, i don t know about your articulation that he knew or should have known. why should he necessarily have known that his wife was communicating through these channels with mark meadows? well, during other parts of the recusal statute talks about, you know, you have an obligation, for example, to find out whether your wife is involved financially in your cases. this, it seems to me is an analogous situation. if he knows and was clear she was a public activist. that she s involved in these activities and there is at least
politics, what are the political viewpoints of a supreme court justice s spouse to public s business? that s a question raised by the release of 29 text messages between justice clarence thomas conservative activist wife ginni. and mark meadows, the former trump white house chief of staff surrounding the events of january 6th and the election. with the headline of story by robert costa, virginia thomas urged white house chief of staff to pursue unrelenting efforts. the texts show, on pro-trump sightings, quote, biden crime family and ballot fraud co-conspirators. elected officials, bureaucrats, social media reporters, are being arrested and detained for ballot fraud right now and over