BREAKING: Donald Trump is appealing his immunity case to the U.S. Supreme Court – effectively asking the high court to give him a “free pass” for any crimes he committed while in office. [1]
This means that whether or not Trump can be held accountable for Jan. 6th will be up to the nine Justices of the Supreme Court – including Justice Clarence Thomas, despite his wife’s major role in Trump’s efforts to overturn American democracy itself.
This is a major, clear-cut conflict of interest for Justice Thomas, whose wife Ginni Thomas was involved at the highest levels in the Trump White House’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. [2]
John, let’s be clear: The Supreme Court adopted a non-binding code of conduct for a reason – because last year, a series of scandals called Justice Thomas’s impartiality into question. If they want us to believe this code of conduct is worth more than the paper it’s written on, this is the time to do it!
Sign the Petition: If the Supreme Court wants us to believe its new code of conduct is more than just a PR stunt, Justice Thomas must follow it and recuse himself from Trump’s immunity case >>
Trump is facing serious felony charges for trying to subvert the 2020 election and override the will of 80 million voters. And his legal arguments in this case depend on an outrageous claim: that a president has complete and total immunity for ANY crimes they commit while in office.
So far, court after court has rejected his outlandish claims, and he’s desperate for a win. That’s why he’s looking to the Supreme Court yet again – where he expects loyalty from the justices he appointed. It’s now up to the nine justices of our highest court to answer the question: Is a former president above the law?
We know what Ginni Thomas thinks. In November 2020, she pressured lawmakers in Arizona and Wisconsin to overturn the election results and directly colluded with Trump’s chief of staff – urging him in a text to “release the Kraken and save us from the left taking America down.” [2,3]
But in spite of that, Justice Thomas has already deliberated on several 2020 election-related cases – and in one, he was the only one to side with Trump in his attempt to block congressional investigators from obtaining White House communications, including those his wife Ginni sent. [3]
Add your name if you agree: the public can’t trust Justice Thomas to rule impartially on Trump’s immunity case or anything else related to the January 6th attack. Justice Thomas MUST recuse himself.
John, if we don’t speak out now, Justice Thomas could continue to weigh in on these all-important cases despite his massive conflict of interest.
I hope you’ll join me in speaking out,
Aaron Scherb, Senior Director of Legislative Affairs
and the rest of the Common Cause team
[1] https://www.npr.org/2024/02/12/1230387417/trump-appeals-immunity-ruling-to-the-supreme-court
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/24/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-texts/
[3] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ginni-thomas-emails-show-she-urged-wisconsin-lawmakers-to-oveturn-2020-election
