House Democrat calls for Clarence Thomas to step down over his wife's push to overturn the 2020 election results

Rep. Bill Pascrell on Thursday called on Clarence Thomas to step down from the Supreme Court.
"Clarence Thomas cannot possibly be seen as a neutral actor but instead as a corrupt jurist," he said in a statement.
Pascrell's comments came after a new WaPo report regarding Ginni Thomas' efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Rep. Bill Pascrell on Thursday called on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to step down in the wake of additional reports detailing his wife's push to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Pascrell — a veteran New Jersey congressman who has served in the House since 1997 — pointed to a recent Washington Post report, where sources in the Jan 6 House investigation said that Ginni Thomas communicated with attorney John Eastman.

Previously unreported emails between Eastman and Ginni Thomas revealed her more substantial involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to the report.

"Over the last few years, we have become numb to bad acts by powerful actors, but Clarence and Ginni Thomas have participated in one of the worst breaches of trust ever seen in our court system," the congressman said in a statement.

He continued: "Clarence Thomas cannot possibly be seen as a neutral actor but instead as a corrupt jurist who has poisoned the High Court. Clarence Thomas should have dignity and final respect for our democracy and resign."

In March, more than two dozen Democratic lawmakers called on Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from cases concerning the January 6 riot, where they raised concerns about a conflict of interest.

Democrats have pointed to Clarence Thomas' decision not to recuse himself from a Supreme Court order handed down in January in which the court turned down former President Donald Trump's request to block White House records from the January 6 panel as part of its sweeping investigation.

The conservative jurist was the only dissenter, and he did not offer a reason for his decision.

The January 6 panel on Thursday said that it would seek an interview with Ginni Thomas. She later told the Daily Caller that she looked forward to speaking with the committee.

"I can't wait to clear up misconceptions," she told the conservative news site, without pointing to any specific report. "I look forward to talking to them."

The January 6 panel already has a record of messages that Thomas exchanged with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in the aftermath of the 2020 contest between now-President Joe Biden and Trump, where she pushed for the then-president not to concede the race.

"It takes time for the army who is gathering for his back," she wrote in a text message to Meadows on November 6, 2020.

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