Conservative activist Virginia “Ginny” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has agreed to participate in a voluntary interview Jan. 6 with a House panel investigating the insurgency, her lawyer said Wednesday.
Attorney Mark Paoletta said Thomas “is eager to answer the committee’s questions to clear up any misconceptions about his work related to the 2020 election.”
The committee sought an interview with Thomas in an effort to learn more about his role in trying to help former President Trump reverse his election loss. He contacted lawmakers in Arizona and Wisconsin as part of that effort.
The panel announced Wednesday that it will reconvene for a Sept. 28 hearing, possibly the last in a series of hearings that began in the spring. The announcement comes as the committee prepares to wrap up its work before the end of the year and write a final report outlining its findings on the U.S. Capitol uprising.
Committee members promised to finish hearings in September. Republican Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney, Rep. of Wyoming, said the committee “has a lot more evidence to share with the American people and a lot more to collect.”
It’s unclear whether the hearing will provide a general overview of what the panel learned or focus on new information and evidence, such as an interview with Thomas. The committee conducted several interviews with Trump’s Cabinet secretaries in late July and August, some of whom invoked the 25th Amendment constitutional process to remove Trump from office after the uprising.
