'Congress must understand that a failure to hold Clarence Thomas accountable sends a loud, dangerous signal to the full Court.' AOC
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday became the latest Democratic lawmaker to demand that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas resign in the wake of new revelations that his wife, right-wing activist Ginni Thomas, pushed at least one Trump administration official to try to overturn the 2020 election.the New York Democrat, his conduct"could serve as grounds for impeachment.
Government watchdogs and a growing number of Democratic lawmakers have argued that Thomas' actions constituted a clear conflict of interest in cases her husband has heard since the election. As Ocasio-Cortez noted on Twitter Tuesday, Justice Thomas dissented in a ruling regarding Trump's attempt to block the congressional committee examining the January 6, 2021 insurrection from viewing White House records.
The justice has not recused himself from hearing at least 10 cases related to the 2020 election which his wife worked to overturn,
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