WASHINGTON – Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told The Washington Free Beacon that she attended President Donald Trump’s demonstration on January 6, 2021, but she did not help organize it and left before the violence broke out. Capitol.
Ginni Thomas tells the newspaper for a story published Monday that she was in the crowd at the Ellipse near the White House, but that she went home before Trump spoke because it was cold.
“I was disappointed and frustrated that there was violence that happened after a peaceful gathering of Trump supporters at the Ellipse on January 6,” Thomas told Free Beacon. “There are important and legitimate substantive issues of achieving goals such as electoral integrity, racialism and political accountability, as a democratic system like ours needs to be able to discuss and debate rationally in the political space. I fear we will lose that ability. . “
Two publications – The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine – published each story in recent months about Thomas’ political activities, including her promotion of the convention on social media. She wrote on Facebook that day: “LOVE MAGA people !!!!” before the march became violent. “GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU WHO STAND UP OR PRAY!”
The New York Times Magazine reported that Thomas acted as a peacemaker between warring faction leaders. Thomas rejected it.
“I played no part with those who planned and led the events of January 6,” Thomas told Free Beacon. “There are stories in the press that suggest I paid for or provided buses. I did not. There are other stories that say I conveyed warring factions of leaders for that day. I did not.”
The connection to the demonstration is controversial because a crowd of Trump supporters later ransacked the Capitol, wounded 140 police officers and temporarily halted the counting of Electoral College votes in the presidential election Joe Biden won. The Justice Department has charged nearly 800 defendants in the attack.
Reporting regarding Ginni Thomas focuses on the potential impact of her political cases on Justice Thomas‘ decisions of the High Court. Her website says she speaks to grassroots and activist groups in the conservative movement to help them achieve common goals.
The Supreme Court did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Judge Thomas.
In Free Beacon, Ginni Thomas said she and her husband have separate careers.
“Clarence does not discuss his work with me and I do not involve him in my work,” she said.
Ginni Thomas said she would not be deterred from her political advocacy.
“If you want to be true to yourself and your professional calling, you can never be intimidated, cooled or censored by what the press or others say,” she said.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Ginni Thomas, wife of Clarence Thomas, says she went to the convention on January 6th