Inflation At 40-Year High; Jan. 6 Committee Wants To Talk To Ginni Thomas
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🗓️ 17 June 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, reportedly said she'd be willing to speak to the committee following reporting by the Washington Post that Thomas was communicating with a Trump legal adviser at the heart of the probe.
And the Federal Reserve escalated its battle against inflation Wednesday, announcing the largest interest rate hike in 28 years as the central bank struggles to regain control over soaring prices.
This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley, and voting reporter Miles Parks.
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| 0:46.6 | holly that I cover the White House. I'm dear to a Walsh I cover Congress. And I'm Nina Tottenberg. |
| 0:51.2 | I cover the courts. And on today's show I've got two names for you all to keep track of. |
| 0:56.4 | The first is John Eastman. He's the outsider attorney who is advising former president |
| 1:01.2 | Donald Trump that Mike Pence, his vice president, he said had the power to ignore electors. |
| 1:06.9 | He later reportedly asked for a pardon from Trump which he never got. |
| 1:11.2 | The other name is Ginny Thomas. She's the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas |
| 1:16.1 | and a conservative activist in her own right. And previously there was reporting that Ginny Thomas |
| 1:21.2 | had been in touch with the then White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, around the time of the |
| 1:26.0 | insurrection. Now there is some new reporting from the Washington Post that she was also in touch |
| 1:31.5 | with Mr. Eastman. So, Deirdre, I feel like there's a lot going on here. But I really am curious as |
| 1:36.6 | to what Ginny Thomas was saying to these men as far as we know in terms of what's you know, |
| 1:41.2 | publicly been reported. Well, I'm here to confirm the text messages that the Washington Post first |
| 1:46.8 | reported a few months ago. And these were about 30 text messages from Ginny Thomas to the chief |
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