Clarence Thomas Slammed After Freezing Lindsey Graham Testimony: 'Disgrace'
By: Katherine Fung (Newsweek)
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is facing criticism over his decision to temporarily freeze an order from a lower court that required Republican Senator Lindsey Graham to testify in front of a grand jury investigating the efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia.
The move from Thomas, who did not refer the case to the full bench and acted alone in the decision, prompted calls for his impeachment and accusations that the top judge was acting anti-democratically.
"Hard to overstate how antidemocratic and delegitimizing this move is. The husband of a key insurrectionist blocks the testimony of a key witness in an election interference probe," activist Max Berger tweeted on Monday. "Democrats should launch impeachment proceedings against Clarence Thomas. He's not fit to serve."
Earlier in the day, Thomas agreed to freeze the order on Graham, whose legal team argued he could not be questioned about his calls to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff because they were part of his work as a senator and that answering any such questions is unconstitutional under the speech or debate clause that protects legislators from certain law enforcement actions connected to those duties.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses for an official portrait in the Supreme Court building on October 7, in Washington, D.C. On Monday, Thomas froze an order requiring Senator Lindsey Graham to testify as part of an investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.Alex Wong/Getty Images
Graham filed the request to Thomas, who has jurisdiction over emergency matters from Georgia, on Friday.
His requested testimony is part of the special grand jury investigation being led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who has indicated she would like to question Graham on those calls to state election officials. Earlier this month, CNN reported that Willis has already secured testimony from former Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone.
Thomas' Monday order is known as an "administrative stay," which will give the court time to consider the case before ruling on Graham's appeal, which is expected to come sometime after Thursday evening.
Twitter users slammed Thomas' decision on Monday, calling it "corruption" and questioning if there was "honesty" left in the judicial branch.
"In a truly STUNNING act of corruption, Justice Clarence Thomas unilaterally grants Lindsey Graham's request to temporarily shield him from testifying in the probe into the illegal efforts to steal the 2020 election in Georgia. RT TO DEMAND THOMAS BE IMPEACHED!" one user wrote.
"Jan 6 Organizer Ginni Thomas's husband, SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas, intervened allowing Sen. Graham Lindsey to avoid Grand Jury testimony on Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Where is the 'Honesty' in our current Supreme Court?" another said.
Thomas has been under immense scrutiny since it was reported that his wife Ginni Thomas, a conservative political activist, urged White House and state officials to help overturn the 2020 presidential election. Following those reports and subsequent investigations, Thomas has faced calls to recuse himself from any case related to the January 6 Capitol riot.
Newsweek reached out to the Supreme Court for comment.
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Is Thomas taking orders from his traitor wife?
Another butt hurt POS whining about Thomas, she is obviously just a racist who hates African Americans.
Well if activist Max Berger says so, who is anyone to disagree?
You've hit rock bottom when fever swamp twitter is the source for an article.
Article came from Newsweek.
We already know Ginni Thomas is a traitor and Clarence Thomas is her soul mate.
Why is he ruling on these things?
What I read earlier is the SC might take the case.
"Why is he ruling on these things?" Because he legally can...and it's his job
"Earlier in the day, Thomas agreed to freeze the order on Graham, whose legal team argued he could not be questioned about his calls to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff because they were part of his work as a senator and that answering any such questions is unconstitutional under the speech or debate clause that protects legislators from certain law enforcement actions connected to those duties."
What work was he doing?
We all know Graham is full of shit.
Nice to know that senators are above the law.....
It would appear that many on the left are hypocrites, they want Ginni Thomas pregnant and barefoot with no political opinions of her own. Should Hillary have shut the fuck up because of Bill?
Make a lot of things up? Who said such things?
She is an avid election denier which is what she gets roasted for and you make up some scenario....
How about she just doesn't try to over throw a valid election?
How did she do that? please be specific, what army does she command? Chicken little has nothing on the democrats these days.
Says the one making wild accusations...
Exactly what accusations am i making? please be specific, and exactly who is hurt by this temporary stay?
If you want people to stop calling democrats racist, they should stop their racist policies.
The only ones calling the Dems racist are the republicans that try to deny what they harbour.
those accusations. Please everyone here who has said such things. If you can't then you are full of shit as usual
Why was Graham interfering in Georgia anyway? I thought he was from South Carolina
I can only shake my head at his claim to be working...On a private in his mind only investigation....
Because Donald Trump tells him what to do.
So Thomas placed a stay to allow the entire court to weigh in, and the left are butt hurt because it can't be used to sway and election? is that what you all are upset about? he didn't unanimously rule on anything, If the court takes it up it will have a final ruling, if they refuse the lower courts ruling stands. Exactly who was harmed by this delay?
doeesnt make the slightest bit of sense.
Exactly who was harmed by this delay?
no one, of course. There’s no emergency and nothing that takes this out of the normal course of business. The case will proceed normally and can be taken up by the court if enough of the justices agree.
it’s just aggrieved idiots spitting their ignorant vitriol.
Uh huh. So you think Graham should not have to testify?
Why should someone, just because they are a senator, get a pass on what the rest of us could not?
The rest of us don't have the protection afforded under the constitution that senators and congress people do, that was what allowed Harry Reid to lie about Romneys taxes on the senate floor without repercussion.
That being said, Senator Graham will likely be forced to testify, but not until the court rules.
I don't really care. The idea that Thomas should be impeached because he refused a groundless emergency motion is idiotic.
The case will be litigated and fleshed out in its normal course
You don't care....unless it was a Dem in the hot seat?
The case has no merit. Graham was not working on any bill or anything.
How do you know what Bill or investigation graham was working on? Weird that you accuse others of partisanship,
I agree, weird that you would admit it, almost Freudian.
Where is it then? Where is his work?
It is all smoke and mirrors.
You agree that Graham should testify?
How you get anything sexual from that I will never get. To each their own I guess.
WTF, How is a Freudian slip sexual?
To Freud a lot of things were sexual...
So what was unintentional that I wrote?
Thar you think the case that Graham is to testify in, In your words "Has no merit" that is what you wrote, isn't it?
His case that he doesn't have to testify has no merit. But you knew that already didn't you...
Why, because he didn't show it to you? hilarious. I will personally write Senator Graham and ask him for it, right after that POS gives us the compelling evidence he had on trump. Either Adam Schiff or the Chinese spy Swalwell.
Apparently his investigation is only in his mind.
A great excuse for all congress people. I was working on something....
Right after? So everything has strings attached huh?
Does that word salad make sense to you? Grahan doesn't have a case, he is being called to the Grand jury to testify in the case against Donald Trump, there are no charges or case against him, he is a witness, he has filed a appeal to quash the subpoena.
Maybe you should learn what this about before you continue to comment
So you continue with no support or facts...logic....just emotion.
And what facts do you have? So you just automatically take the word of a politician? Or only republican ones...
Once again making shit up. Seems to be a pattern with you.
Again that is what the appeal is for, you deny without evidence.
If his appeal fails? Than yes he should absolutely, positively without any qualifiers testify open and honestly.
You have proven multiple times to have no idea what you are talking about. So be specific, exactly what did I make up?