Transcript for Conservative activist questioned for Capitol riot investigation
TAKE IT FROM THERE.
>>> NOW TO THE INVESTIGATION
INTO THE JANUARY 6th CAPITOL
RIOT AND GINNI THOMAS, A
CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST AND WIFE
OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
CLARENCE THOMAS TESTIFYING
BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE AMID
QUESTIONS ABOUT HER ROLE AND
EFFORTS IN OVERTURNING THE 2020
ELECTION.
JON KARL HAS MORE.
GOOD MORNING, JON.
>> Reporter: GINNI THOMAS WAS
AGGRESSIVELY PUSHING EFFORTS TO
CHALLENGE THE ELECTION AT THE
VERY TIME THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS
VOWING TO GO TO THE SUPREME
COURT TO OVERTURN JOE BIDEN'S
ELECTION VICTORY AND ONE OF MANY
TEXT MESSAGES THAT SHE SENT
AFTER THE ELECTION, THEN WHITE
HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF MARK
MEADOWS, SHOW CALLED THE
ELECTION THE GREATEST HEIST IN
OUR HISTORY.
SHE TESTIFIED FOR SOME FOUR
HOURS AND MADE IT CLEAR SHE
STILL BELIEVES THE THOROUGHLY
DISPROVEN LIE THAT THE ELECTION
WAS STOLEN.
SHE ALSO DOWNPLAYED HER EFFORTS
AND SAID THAT SHE NEVER TALKED
ABOUT WHAT SHE WAS DOING WITH
HER HUSBAND, SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS AND MADE
AN OPENING STATEMENT TO THE
COMMITTEE WHICH HAS BEEN
OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS AND SAID IN
PART, IT IS LAUGHABLE FOR ANYONE
WHO KNOWS MY HUSBAND TO THINK I
COULD INFLUENCE HIS
JURISPRUDENCE, THE MAN IS
INDEPENDENT AND STUBBORN WITH
STRONG CHARACTER TRAITS OF
INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRITY BUT,
AGAIN, WHIT, SHE MADE IT CLEAR
EVEN NOW TWO YEARS AFTER THE
ELECTION SHE BELIEVES IT WAS
RIGGED AND
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