In a statement, Ginni Thomas’ lawyer Mark Paoletta confirmed the voluntary interview, saying: “As she has said from the outset, Mrs Thomas is eager to answer the committee’s questions to clarify her concerns about her work in relation to the 2020 election. any misunderstandings.. she was looking forward to that opportunity.
Thomas attended the rally ahead of the U.S. Capitol attack and, as she said in an interview with the Washington Liberty Beacon, stressed that she and her husband have separate professional lives. She also said she had left the rally before protesters turned violent.
She also publicly criticized the House investigation on Jan. 6, calling on House GOP leaders to remove the two Republicans who serve on the select committee from their meetings.
“I ask the committee to provide better reasons why Mrs. Thomas’ testimony is relevant to the committee’s legislative purpose,” he wrote in the letter obtained by CNN.
Lawyers responded in a June 16 letter from the committee asking Thomas to meet with the panel in July and provide documents that could be relevant to the investigation.
The committee has email correspondence between Thomas and former President Donald Trump’s election attorney John Eastman, as well as texts between her and Meadows. The text shows Thomas urging Meadows to continue his fight to overturn the 2020 presidential election result.
Thomas’s lawyer said in the June letter that his client was “willing to appear” and “eager to clear her name”, but in the absence of more information from the committee, he was concerned that she was being asked to come in “to continue without a trace”. unwarranted harassment” she has been suffering since January 6. “
“There is no story here to reveal,” he said in the letter.
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