New Jan. 6 committee emails link Trump election lawyer John Eastman to Supreme Court, Ginni Thomas

John Eastman, a conservative law professor, was a central player in the unsuccessful effort to get former Vice President Mike Pence to reject valid electors on Jan. 6, 2021, and throw the 2020 election to former President Donald Trump. Eastman emails recently obtained by the House Jan. 6 committee suggest he was in contact not only with the White House but also the Supreme Court and Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the conservative activist married to Justice Clarence Thomas, The Washington Post and The New York Times reported late Wednesday.

Previously released documents show that Ginni Thomas urged Arizona lawmakers and Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows to cancel President Biden's victory. The emails between Thomas and Eastman, a former law clerk to Clarence Thomas, show that her "efforts to overturn the election were more extensive than previously known," the Post reports.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.