In a stunning development, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did something ethical: he recused himself from a case in which he had an obvious conflict of interest. The Supreme Court just issued a notice that it was denying an effort by Trump lawyer John Eastman to suppress information taken from Eastman’s phone to be used in prosecutions against him, Kyle Cheney of Politico reports.
This is landmark: not the decision, but the recusal. This is the first case involving a January 6th defendant in which Thomas recused, something legal experts had urged Thomas to do because his corrupt wife Ginni was a key player in the effort to disenfranchise American voters in 2020 and reinstall Trump in the White House.
Ginni Thomas spent months trying to get Republicans on state and federal levels to throw out the results, citing conspiracy theories and promoting ideas like Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and others she disliked were going to be imprisoned at Gitmo on prison barges. Legal pundits have said it’s unethical for Clarence Thomas to hear any January 6th cases given the fact that his wife was involved in the plot, including texting Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to get his help.