Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was interviewed by the House panel investigating the January insurrection.
The committee has sought an interview with Thomas in order to learn more about her role in trying to help Trump. She reached out to legislators in Arizona and Wisconsin after the election.
Two people who were not authorized to discuss it publicly confirmed that Thomas was on Capitol Hill.
When she arrived for the interview, she didn't answer questions at all. She told reporters she was looking forward to answering questions from the committee.
One of the last items for the panel was the testimony from Thomas. In its eight hearings over the summer, the panel interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses and showed some of their testimony in video form.
Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, will be interviewed by the House select committee.
Mark Paoletta said last week that Thomas had agreed to meet with the panel and was eager to answer the committee's questions.
It's not clear how much of a role she played in the Capitol attack. In the days after The Associated Press and other news organizations called the presidential election for Biden, Thomas sent an email to two lawmakers in Arizona to urge them to choose a clean slate of electors. The state's open records law allowed the AP to get the emails.
She has said in interviews that she went to the first pro-Trump rally but left before the president spoke.
Thomas has maintained that her political activities did not pose a conflict of interest with her husband's job.
We share many of the same ideals, principles, and ambitions for America. We have our own careers and ideas as well. Clarence doesn't discuss his work with me, and I don't involve him in my work
The Supreme Court ruled in January to allow a congressional committee access to presidential diaries, visitor logs, speech drafts and handwritten notes, despite Justice Thomas' dissent.
Thomas signed onto a letter that called for the expulsion of Cheney and Kinzinger from the GOP conference for joining the congressional committee.
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A video journalist contributed to the report.
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