Ginni Thomas’ texts to Meadows reveal connection to another highly placed conspiracy theorist

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was truly part of a web of efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Among her dozens of text messages with then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, CNN reports, was one passing along thoughts from her friend Connie Hair. But Hair wasn’t just a personal friend. She was also chief of staff to Rep. Louie Gohmert—and Gohmert joined or supported two lawsuits seeking to overturn Donald Trump’s election loss. Those lawsuits went to the Supreme Court, though the court didn’t take up…

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CNN: Rick Perry Pitched Meadows On Plan To Steal Election Even Before Results Were In

<p>Investigators on the Jan. 6 Committee believe that former Energy Secretary Rick Perry authored a Nov. 4 text to Mark Meadows suggesting that three state legislatures overrule their voters and cast electoral votes for Trump, CNN <a href=”https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/17/politics/rick-perry-jan-6-text-mark-meadows-nov-4/index.html”>reports</a>.</p> Talking Points Memo

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Meadows Says He Rage Dialed Fox News Editor After Network Called Biden’s Arizona Victory

<p>In his newly released book about his time serving in the Trump administration, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows wrote that he was so infuriated when Fox News first called Joe Biden&#8217;s electoral win in Arizona on election night that he proceeded to angrily dial an editor at the network to contest Trump&#8217;s projected loss, according to <a href=”https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-meadows-dialed-fox-editor-bill-sammon-arizona-call-biden-2021-12?op=1&scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4″>Insider</a>.</p> Talking Points Memo

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Report: Meadows Provided Jan. 6 Committee Messages With ‘Wide Range’ Of People During Attack

<p>Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows reportedly produced text messages and emails that show he was &#8220;exchanging with a wide range of individuals while the attack was underway&#8221; to the Jan. 6 committee, according to <a href=”https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/politics/january-6-committee-mark-meadows-texts/”>CNN</a>.</p> Talking Points Memo

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Jan. 6 Committee: Meadows’ Book May Undermine His Executive Privilege Claims

<p>Jan. 6 committee members on Thursday told <a href=”https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/02/meadows-book-executive-privilege-jan-6-523687″>Politico</a> that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows may have poked holes in his argument for withholding his contacts with former President Trump on the day of the deadly Capitol insurrection by revealing selected details in his book set to be released next week.</p> Talking Points Memo

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