Rep. Cheney Says Jan. 6 Committee Is ‘Fully Prepared’ to Subpoena Ginni Thomas

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) suggested on July 24 that the Jan. 6 committee could subpoena Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, if she chooses not to testify before the select committee voluntarily.

“The committee is engaged with her counsel. We certainly hope that she will agree to come in voluntarily,” Cheney told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. Cheney is one of two Republicans that sit on the Democrat-dominated panel to investigate the breach of the U.S. Capital on Jan 6, 2021.

“But the committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she does not,” Cheney continued. “I hope it doesn’t get to that. I hope she will come in voluntarily.”

Ginni Thomas has drawn scrutiny over her communication with former White House chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Trump attorney John Eastman. She reportedly texted former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in November 2020, urging him to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

She also corresponded with Meadows during “Stop the Steal” on Jan. 6, 2021, saying how she supported the effort to protest the certification of election results.

After her message exchanges with Meadows were exposed in March, Ginni Thomas was heavily criticized by the Democrats for trying to “overturn the 2020 election.” At the time, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said the Democrats’ attacks were “a political hit.”

GOP Response

Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who were GOP nominations to sit on the Jan. 6 committee but were rejected by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), also took to Twitter to voice support for Ginni Thomas in March.

“The left’s vicious and dishonest attacks on Justice Thomas and his wife Ginni prove how important they are to the conservative movement,” Banks wrote on March 25.