Ms. Thomas co-signed a letter in December calling for House Republicans to expel Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger from their conference for joining the Jan. 6 committee. Thomas and her co-authors said the investigation “brings disrespect to our country’s rule of law” and “legal harassment to private citizens who have done nothing wrong,” adding that they would begin “a nationwide movement to add citizens’ voices to this effort.”
Capitol Riot’s Aftermath: Key Developments
Card 1 of 3Requests to “rescind” the election. Representative Mo Brooks, who challenged President Biden’s victory on Jan. 6, claimed that Donald J. Trump had asked him to illegally “rescind” the election. The statement came after Mr. Trump withdrew his endorsement of Mr. Brooks in the G.O.P. primary for Alabama’s Senate seat.
Asylum in Belarus. Evan Neumann, a U.S. citizen wanted by the F.B.I. on charges including assaulting police officers at the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, has been granted asylum in Belarus, according to state media in the Eastern European country.
A plan to storm government buildings. New details from evidence cited in the indictment of Enrique Tarrio, the former head of the Proud Boys, reveal a detailed plan to storm government buildings on Jan. 6. The plan closely resembled what actually unfolded at the Capitol.
An investigation published by The New York Times in February highlighted Ms. Thomas’s involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In recently published remarks, Ms. Thomas said she had attended the Jan. 6 rally at the Ellipse in Washington but “was disappointed and frustrated that there was violence that happened following a peaceful gathering.” She also said she “played no role with those who were planning and leading the Jan. 6 events.”
But those comments are undercut by her communications with Mr. Meadows, who was deeply involved in the planning of the Jan. 6 protests. In her one text to Mr. Meadows after the attack that the committee was able to obtain, she only briefly mentions what took place, and only after reiterating one of its animating ideas — that Mr. Pence had betrayed Mr. Trump’s movement.
She writes of feeling that “we are living in what feels like the end of America. Most of us are disgusted with the VP and are in listening mode to see where to fight with our teams. Those who attacked the Capitol are not representative of our great teams of patriots for DJT. Amazing times. The end of liberty.”
Her husband, Justice Thomas, has been Mr. Trump’s most stalwart defender on the court. In January, he was the only justice who voted against allowing the release of records from the Trump White House related to the Jan. 6 attack. His wife, who goes by Ginni, has been a longtime political activist on the far right, and the two have been a frequent presence at partisan political conferences. That has long led to calls for Mr. Thomas to recuse himself from cases in which his wife has an interest, but he has rejected such suggestions. He once said his wife worked “24/7 every day in defense of liberty,” adding, “We are equally yoked, and we love being with each other because we love the same things.”