Ginni Thomas' lawyer tries to get her out of Jan. 6 panel testimony, saying it's been a 'particularly stressful time' amid Supreme Court rulings

• The wife of a Supreme Court justice was asked to speak.

• Her lawyer questioned the justification for her testimony in a letter.

• Efforts were made to overturn the election.

The attorney for Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, questioned the necessity of her testimony before the January 6 committee.

Thomas was asked to give a voluntary interview to the House committee investigating the Capitol riot. She said two weeks ago that she could not wait to speak to the panel.

But in an eight-page letter sent to the panel on Tuesday, Thomas' attorney, Mark Paoletta, wrote that he had serious concerns about the interview and asked the committee to give a better justification for why her testimony would be relevant. The letter was obtained by a website.

The Thomases have been subjected to an onslaught of death threats and other abuse by the conservative Supreme Court Justices and their families.

He doesn't say what prompted the threats.

Justice Clarence Thomas was a member of the Supreme Court majority that voted to overturn the landmark abortion ruling. The Supreme Court's precedents for contraceptive access, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage should be reconsidered, according to Thomas.

The Supreme Court struck down a New York law that restricted the carrying of guns. Protests have arisen from the decisions.

Paoletta defends Thomas' communication with Trump allies

The committee was seeking Thomas' testimony because of her documented conversations with allies of Donald in support of their efforts to overturn the election.

The Washington Post reported in March that Thomas urged the White House chief of staff to overturn the results after the election.

In the letter, Paoletta wrote that Thomas had been texting a friend and that he was a private citizen.

ethical and legal questions have been raised by Thomas' conduct.

Mrs. Thomas didn't claim to have knowledge of election fraud. She stated that she was just passing along information that she had heard from other people.

The Trump lawyer who drafted a memo detailing a plan to block the certification of President Joe Biden's victory was referred to by Paoletta.

Mrs. Thomas didn't know about Mr. Eastman's litigation efforts.

She told The Daily Caller that she was looking forward to speaking to the committee. She didn't say what those misconception were.

Business Insider has an article on it.