Dear MoveOn member,

In March of 2022, The Washington Post and CBS News released 29 text
messages between Ginni Thomas and Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's former
chief of staff, from the days and weeks after the 2020 election.^1

The Post describes the messages as "a series of urgent text exchanges" in
which Ginni—the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas—"repeatedly
pressed" Meadows to "pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020
presidential election."^2 She decried the "obvious fraud" and repeated
false and absurd conspiracy theories.^3

At the time, Stephen Gillers, a prominent judicial ethicist, responded to
news of the texts, concluding, "Clarence Thomas cannot sit on any matter
involving the election, the invasion of the Capitol, or the work of the
January 6 Committee."^4

And yet, nearly two years later, Justice Thomas has failed to recuse
himself from multiple relevant cases—and now time is running out, as the
Supreme Court is barreling toward considering whether Trump's role in the
insurrection disqualifies him from holding office again and whether he can
be held accountable for trying to overturn the 2020 election.^5

That's why, if we can raise the money for it, we're going to rent a mobile
billboard that showcases Ginni's most outrageous text messages about the
2020 election and demands that Justice Thomas recuse himself. We'll park
it in front of the Supreme Court and drive it around the court. And it
will turn the heat way up on Thomas and create a media spectacle that he
cannot ignore.



[ [link removed] ]John, will you donate $9 to help us have the
money to rent the billboard and pressure Justice Thomas to recuse himself
from the Trump cases?



Here are just a few of Ginni's texts:

* On November 5, 2020, Ginni sent Mark Meadows a passage that had been
circulating on right-wing websites: "Biden crime family & ballot fraud
co-conspirators (elected officials, bureaucrats, social media
censorship mongers, fake stream media reporters, etc) are being
arrested & detained for ballot fraud right now & over coming days, &
will be living in barges off GITMO to face military tribunals for
sedition."^6
* On November 6, Ginni wrote Meadows, "Do not concede. It takes time for
the army who is gathering for his back."^7
* On November 10, after news organizations projected that Joe Biden won
the presidency, Ginni texted, "Help This Great President stand firm,
Mark!!!...You are the leader, with him, who is standing for America's
constitutional governance at the precipice. The majority knows Biden
and the Left is attempting the greatest Heist of our History."^8

And it's not just the texts that implicate Ginni Thomas. She helped
organize and attended the pro-Trump rally on the National Mall on January
6, immediately prior to the attack on the Capitol, and even pressured
lawmakers in Arizona and Wisconsin to override the popular vote in their
states by selecting Trump loyalists as electors.^9

The Supreme Court's new Code of Conduct—which Justice Thomas
signed—prohibits a justice from ruling in a case in which their
"impartiality might reasonably be questioned," including when it's known
that the "Justice's spouse" has "an interest that could be substantially
affected by the outcome of the proceeding [or] is likely to be a material
witness in the proceeding."^10

And we know the pressure is working. Thomas recently recused himself from
a case related to January 6 and Trump's former lawyer John Eastman.^11
Justice Thomas clearly knows what needs to be done but has yet to act.
That's where we come in.



[ [link removed] ]John, help us turn the heat on Justice Thomas WAY UP.
Please donate $9 now to help us rent a mobile billboard
that showcases Ginni Thomas's outrageous texts, so Justice Thomas cannot
escape the truth and law and is forced to finally recuse himself.



Thanks for all you do.

–Alexis, Emma, Kelsey, Ankur, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts
to overturn the 2020 election, texts show," The Washington Post, March 24,
2022
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2. Ibid.

3. Ibid.

4. "Legal Scholars Are Shocked By Ginni Thomas's 'Stop the Steal' Texts,"
The New Yorker, March 25, 2022
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5. "Trump's fate rests with U.S. Supreme Court in two unprecedented
cases," Los Angeles Times, December 20, 2023
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6. "Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts
to overturn the 2020 election, texts show," The Washington Post, March 24,
2022
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7. Ibid.

8. Ibid.

9. Letter to Justice Clarence Thomas, Representative Hank Johnson,
December 15, 2023
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10. "The Thomas-Trump conflict hiding in plain sight," The Hill, December
27, 2023
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11. "Justice Thomas recuses himself in ex-Trump lawyer's Jan. 6 case
appeal," Axios, October 2, 2023
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