Liz Cheney says Jan. 6 committee could "contemplate a subpoena" for Ginni Thomas
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Rep. Liz Cheney, the vice chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, said Sunday that the panel is "fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena" for Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
"I hope it doesn't come to that," Cheney said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." Cheney said Thomas is currently "engaging" with the committee through her counsel, and she hopes Thomas will agree to come in voluntarily.
The committee has been interested in Thomas, who is known as "Ginni," since it learned she corresponded via email with conservative attorney John Eastman, who was involved in the campaign to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to certify the election results. Thomas also attended the rally that preceded the Capitol attack and urged Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's former chief of staff, to work on overturning the 2020 election results.
