Ginni Thomas' texts present 'textbook case' for Justice Thomas to recuse himself: Klobuchar

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from certain cases.

Senate Judiciary Committee member Amy Klobuchar said Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from certain cases after it emerged that his wife, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, sent text messages to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows urging him to help overturn the 2020 election results, calling it "a textbook case for" recusal.

Meadows voluntarily turned over the messages to the committee last year before deciding not to cooperate with the inquiry. In January, the court declined to block the Jan. 6 committee from obtaining Trump White House records over the objection of only one justice: Thomas.

"The facts are clear here. This is unbelievable," Klobuchar, D-Minn., told "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl in an exclusive interview on Sunday. "You have the wife of a sitting Supreme Court justice ... advocating for overturning a legal election to the sitting president's chief of staff."

"She also knows this election -- these cases are going to come before her husband," she added. "This is a textbook case for removing him, recusing him from these decisions."