Trump had claimed the records were protected by executive privilege. Thomas in January was the only one of nine justices to dissent in a ruling that denied Trump's effort to prevent hundreds of pages of presidential records from being given to the House panel investigating the Capitol riot. The select House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol asked McCarthy for information about his communications with Trump earlier this year, but he refused to cooperate.ĬNBC has requested comment from both Thomas and Chief Justice John Roberts through the Supreme Court's spokesman.
McCarthy himself voted against counting certified election results from two states Biden won. It's his decision based upon law," McCarthy told reporters. "No, I think Justice Thomas could make his decisions like he's made every other time. 6 cases since the texts were reported.Įarlier Friday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said he did not believe Thomas should recuse himself in Jan. Wyden is the first senator to publicly call for Clarence Thomas not to hear Jan.
"At the bare minimum, Justice Thomas needs to recuse himself from any case related to the January 6th investigation, and should Donald Trump run again, any case related to the 2024 election," the senator said. "He was the lone dissent in a case that could have denied the January 6th Committee records pertaining to the same plot his wife supported," he added. "Justice Thomas participated in cases related to Donald Trump's efforts to rig and then overturn the 2020 election, while his wife was pushing to do the same," Wyden said.
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