Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recused himself from considering a petition to undo a lower court ruling that forced former Donald Trump attorney John Eastman to hand over emails related to the Capitol riot to the House Jan. 6 committee.
The Justices on Monday denied a request to review a trial court order that forced Eastman to forfeit information to the U.S. House committee investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol. A line on the orders list indicated that Thomas “took no part” in considering the petition.
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Notably, Thomas’s spouse Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist, was interviewed by the committee before it dissolved earlier this year and reiterated her belief that the 2020 election was stolen, a regular line of former President Donald Trump since he lost his reelection bid in November that year.
The recusal note comes as dozens of Democrats in the House have called on the justice to recuse from a major case to be heard this week involving the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding mechanism.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
