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Supreme Court docket Justice Clarence Thomas, whose spouse was concerned in Trump's plot to overturn the 2020 election, diminished the 1/6 rebuke throughout a SCOTUS debate.
The Supreme Court docket was listening to arguments associated to the federal regulation about obstructing an official continuing that has been used to cost 350 Trump rebels.
Justice Clarence Thomas took it a step additional and downplayed the riot:
At oral arguments as we speak, Justice Thomas is downplaying the seriousness of the 1/6 rebellion on the Capitol. Maybe it is because his spouse was a part of this conspiracy. How shameful it’s that he’s sitting on this matter. #scots
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– Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToubin) 16 April 2024
Justice Thomas has simply advised that legally J6 isn’t any completely different from some other violent try to disrupt official proceedings https://t.co/QGuqWA7GZw
– Mike Sacks (@MikeSacksEsq) 16 April 2024
Justice Thomas shouldn’t hear this case. They need to be sidelined as a result of they’ve a transparent battle of curiosity. Justice Thomas's spouse Ginni was concerned in a conspiracy to overturn the election. Ginny Thomas pressured election officers in states like Arizona to overturn the outcomes.
Each time Clarence Thomas violates fundamental moral requirements, the disaster of credibility within the Supreme Court docket will increase.
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