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tishaLA

(14,176 posts)
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 10:11 PM Jun 2022

"Ginni" Thomas backs out of testifying.

Last edited Tue Jun 28, 2022, 10:43 PM - Edit history (1)

Sorry if this is a dupe. From the NYT: "Mrs. Thomas has expressed a willingness to try to come before the committee as a means of clearing her name. But, based on my understanding of the facts the committee has in its possession, I do not believe there is currently a sufficient basis to speak with Mrs. Thomas," said Mark Paoletta. (her rep, just to clarify--he even wrote a book about "Ginni" and her husband)

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/28/us/ginni-thomas-emails-jan-6-hearing.html

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"Ginni" Thomas backs out of testifying. (Original Post) tishaLA Jun 2022 OP
How patriotic. Not. madaboutharry Jun 2022 #1
SUBPOENA HER blogslug Jun 2022 #2
Absolutely! SheltieLover Jun 2022 #7
Indict her. TexasTowelie Jun 2022 #27
Part of me says yes... Buckeyeblue Jun 2022 #35
Surprise, surprise. sinkingfeeling Jun 2022 #3
Oh but she was so looking forward to it Blue Owl Jun 2022 #4
Oh, come now. What is she afraid of? Solly Mack Jun 2022 #5
In otherwords her lawyer told her to keep her mouth shut. emulatorloo Jun 2022 #6
Yup. Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #8
Minor point PJMcK Jun 2022 #10
Yes. It's jig. Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #15
Wasn't she getting paid as a lobbyist? NJCher Jun 2022 #19
LOL! Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #36
Yes, and Uncle Thomas "forgot" to include her $686K income on his disclosure forms. OMGWTF Jun 2022 #37
that article has me seething NJCher Jun 2022 #39
Good luck with that program !!! cloudboy07 Jun 2022 #21
Knew that was coming when she said she would testify. GoodRaisin Jun 2022 #9
Yep. She said it to get a headline in the news cycle, crickets Jun 2022 #18
I do not believe there is currently a sufficient basis to speak with Mrs. Thomas," said Mark Paolett elleng Jun 2022 #11
That's her rep, not the committee's. tishaLA Jun 2022 #12
Thanks, just saw that. elleng Jun 2022 #14
The nation reels in shock gratuitous Jun 2022 #13
What is she, trying to prove that she's not an Oath Keeper? 😜 TheBlackAdder Jun 2022 #16
*Insert Drum Sting Here* OMGWTF Jun 2022 #38
damn ! I wanted to see the perjury? cloudboy07 Jun 2022 #23
Republicans used to have this saying; plimsoll Jun 2022 #17
Who here is surprised she backed out? SunSeeker Jun 2022 #20
Yeah, she's such a Stupid Fascist POS.. Cha Jun 2022 #28
How is he still on the bench when his wife is refusing to comply with a subpoena... SunSeeker Jun 2022 #31
I didn't realize there's Cha Jun 2022 #32
Not yet, I guess, just a formal request. But still, there is no grounds to refuse to come. SunSeeker Jun 2022 #33
So True.. I want them Both to Cha Jun 2022 #34
Running scared. C Moon Jun 2022 #22
Quick, get my smelling salts! I'm going to faint... 3catwoman3 Jun 2022 #24
Ginni Thomas backs out of Lying Under Oath. Cha Jun 2022 #25
Did she ask for a pardon Mira Jun 2022 #26
Too close to Meadows? moondust Jun 2022 #29
Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 #30
"try" .... live love laugh Jun 2022 #40
Subpoena her and arrest her if she defies the subpoena. Liberty Belle Jun 2022 #41
She would have to plead the fifth too many times...obviously incriminated n/t AntiFascist Jun 2022 #42

blogslug

(38,002 posts)
2. SUBPOENA HER
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 10:16 PM
Jun 2022

Let's see if her husband recuses himself in any possible cases brought against the fake elector crew.

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)
35. Part of me says yes...
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 07:02 AM
Jun 2022

But I'm not sure I want to give her a free forum to spew her bullshit. She wants the attention that would come with being served subpoena.

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
10. Minor point
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 10:35 PM
Jun 2022

It’s “jig” not “gig.”

It’s from the Elizabethan era the phrase also became slang for a practical joke or a trick.

It refers to a particular dance.

NJCher

(35,687 posts)
39. that article has me seething
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 03:39 PM
Jun 2022

snip

“It wasn’t a miscalculation; he simply omitted his wife’s source of income for six years, which is a rather dramatic omission,” Gillers said. “It could not have been an oversight.”

snip

He should have had to resign way back then.

This is sickening.

I do not understand why we have to tolerate this. Oversight for the SC has to take place.

GoodRaisin

(8,924 posts)
9. Knew that was coming when she said she would testify.
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 10:27 PM
Jun 2022

She lied. What a surprise that the wife of a sitting SCOTUS judge doesn’t want to testify. And, she doesn’t give a damn about “clearing her name”.

crickets

(25,981 posts)
18. Yep. She said it to get a headline in the news cycle,
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 11:59 PM
Jun 2022

knowing full well that she was lying. The later retraction won't matter to the people she wanted to reach - they have her first smug statement settled in their minds and have moved on. She doesn't care what the rest of us think.

elleng

(130,974 posts)
11. I do not believe there is currently a sufficient basis to speak with Mrs. Thomas," said Mark Paolett
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 10:40 PM
Jun 2022

so they don't want to hear from her???

Never mind, he's HER counsel.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
13. The nation reels in shock
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 10:42 PM
Jun 2022

As Ginni's own lawyer all but says the committee has too much incriminating evidence for Ginni to risk an appearance under oath.

plimsoll

(1,670 posts)
17. Republicans used to have this saying;
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 11:39 PM
Jun 2022

Now what was it again, if they haven't done anything wrong they have nothing to hide.

SunSeeker

(51,574 posts)
20. Who here is surprised she backed out?
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 12:50 AM
Jun 2022

She claimed she looked forward to setting the record straight. And she may have been crazy enough, and enough of an attention hound, that she may have actually intended to do it.

But I think when her attorneys sat down to prepare her for her testimony, they realized what she would say, and it became plain that there is no way this loon should testify. She would no doubt implicate herself, her husband, and Trump.

Cha

(297,323 posts)
28. Yeah, she's such a Stupid Fascist POS..
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 01:05 AM
Jun 2022

she backed out of Lying Under OATH.

Too bad.. ol Clarence and the gang of 6 could see her in Action on the World Stage.

Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

SunSeeker

(51,574 posts)
31. How is he still on the bench when his wife is refusing to comply with a subpoena...
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 02:09 AM
Jun 2022

...about Trump's insurrection?

Cha

(297,323 posts)
32. I didn't realize there's
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 02:25 AM
Jun 2022

a subpoena involved?

I thought she just wanted to "clear her name" Which is an impossible task without Lying some more.
Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

SunSeeker

(51,574 posts)
33. Not yet, I guess, just a formal request. But still, there is no grounds to refuse to come.
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 02:32 AM
Jun 2022

Which means she's guilty as Hell. And Clarence's appearance of impropriety is off the charts.

Cha

(297,323 posts)
34. So True.. I want them Both to
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 02:51 AM
Jun 2022

Go Down They've Earned It

Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

Mira

(22,380 posts)
26. Did she ask for a pardon
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 01:00 AM
Jun 2022

before appearing before these seasoned prosecutors? I am so very much nor surprised she is covering her butt for now. Does she know that if they keep on this path of regression she can soon be a legitimate slave owner?

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