Clarence Thomas Must Be 'Subpoenaed' to Testify Over Jan. 6: Lawyers

[Judi Lynn]

BY ANNA COMMANDER ON 12/31/22 AT 2:16 PM EST

Lawyers Tristan Snell and Laurence Tribe took to Twitter this weekend, saying that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas must be "subpoenaed to testify under oath" before hearing cases related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

"Ginni Thomas and Clarence Thomas must BOTH be subpoenaed to testify under oath before one of the grand juries hearing evidence about the January 6 coup," Snell tweeted on Friday. "At best, they are material fact witnesses. At worst, they are co-conspirators to be charged with seditious conspiracy."

On Saturday, Tribe agreed and tweeted: "They are at least material fact witnesses. If Justice Thomas were to defy a subpoena on separation of powers grounds, it's fair to ask whether he'd recuse from DOJ's appeal to SCOTUS from a lower federal court ruling upholding Thomas's conviction for contempt of court."

Clarence Thomas has faced numerous calls to resign and to be impeached due to his wife's alleged involvement in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court justice has also been asked to recuse himself from cases involving the riot.

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https://www.newsweek.com/clarence-thomas-must-subpoenaed-testify-over-jan-6-lawyers-1770573

[GreenWave]

1. I fear it is too late.

The barbarians are amassing at the gates.

[mountain grammy]

3. They walked in on 1/20/17, didn't even need close to a majority vote.

Don't think we'll make that "more perfect union" ideal, must less establish justice or insure domestic tranquility.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. I thought can't be compelled to testify against wife

Surprised they haven't found a way to marry corporations

[Captain Zero]

8. your conclusion is awesome

This could be worked into a standup comedy joke.

[SergeStorms]

4. I don't believe....

testifying under "oath" would keep Mr. Thomas from lying.

Sorry, that's just my very low opinion of Mr. Thomas. Until he shows me otherwise that will remain my opinion.

[soldierant]

13. Of course it would not prevent him fromlying.

But it would make him vulnerable to a potential perjury charge later.

[SergeStorms]

14. As low as my opinion of him is...

I believe he's intelligent enough to lie about things they'd have no way of proving as being lies.

He's dishonest and conceited to his core, but he's not ignorant.

[Escurumbele]

18. I agree, crooks like them know how to manipulate information, trump has proved it over and over

Thomas may be a crook, but he knows the law, you are correct.

[ancianita]

20. Where would

any perjury charge be filed for a SCOTUS justice? Not with a lower court. With the rest of the SCOTUS?

[LudwigPastorius]

5. Does a U.S. attorney have the balls to subpoena a SC justice?

Matthew Graves is still a fairly young man.

Taking action against one of the judicial system's "own" (however it shakes out) might very well mean the end of his career, or at the least, any hope for future advancement.

[ShazzieB]

7. I don't know, but I'll bet Jack Smith does!

He's in charge now, and I see him as being a lot like Honey Badger.

[Captain Zero]

9. I'm thinking that DA has a shot at being a justice.

nt

[republianmushroom]

6. don't bet the farm it will happen. who is going to enforce the Subpoena?

[stopdiggin]

11. precisely. it's possible that a sitting justice

might voluntarily decide to offer testimony. BIG question mark. (and one has to wonder what the remainder of the court would then opine on such a choice?) But there is virtually no way of compelling such an appearance, or testimony. And, even if there were - does it seem plausible that the remaining branches would have the stomach in forcing such a showdown?

(one is left to question why Tribe, clearly knowing better, continues to offer up these wayward flights of fancy .. )

[Escurumbele]

19. Maybe because Tribe knows the law batter than most of us?

[stopdiggin]

21. or is living on an alternate plane

where whackadoodle seems to coincide with plausible.

[Blue Owl]

10. My God if a liberal SC judge did this, the GOP would be screaming

Let’s make some fucking noise and get Long Dong Silver in the boiling water

[TeamProg]

12. K&R Thanks for posting. n/t

[cstanleytech]

15. Well don't count on a Republican House to do anything but if the judge was a Democrat

they would be all over it demanding answers.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

16. Let's be fair...

[Lonestarblue]

17. Now that I would love to see.