AOC becomes 5th House Democrat to call on Clarence Thomas to resign or be impeached over wife’s Jan. 6 texts

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is the most recent to hitch the refrain of Home Democrats calling for Supreme Court docket Justice Clarence Thomas to step down or be impeached.

Democrats have been criticizing Thomas for not recusing himself from circumstances associated to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, after it was revealed that his spouse despatched textual content messages to then-White Home chief of workers Mark Meadows urging him to problem Donald Trump‘s 2020 election loss.

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“Clarence Thomas ought to resign,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Tuesday morning. “If not, his failure to reveal revenue from right-wing organizations, recuse himself from issues involving his spouse, and his vote to dam the Jan sixth fee from key data have to be investigated and will function grounds for impeachment.”

Ocasio-Cortez joins Reps. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, Hank Johnson, D-Ga., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., in calling for Thomas to depart the bench or face impeachment proceedings.

Home and Senate Democrats on Monday despatched a letter to Thomas and Chief Justice John Roberts concerning “alarming new stories about Justice Thomas’s potential conflicts of curiosity” associated to his spouse. They claimed there may be an “pressing want for important ethics reform on the Supreme Court docket.”

FILE – Supreme Court docket Justice Clarence Thomas delivers a keynote speech throughout a dedication of Georgia new Nathan Deal Judicial Middle in Atlanta, Feb. 11, 2020.
(AP Picture/John Amis, File)

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They cited a federal statute that calls upon judges and justices to recuse from “any continuing by which his impartiality would possibly fairly be questioned,” and slammed him for remaining concerned in circumstances associated to the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 riot, regardless of his spouse’s reported involvement with efforts to overturn the election’s outcomes.

Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., mentioned Friday it’s Thomas’ resolution on whether or not to recuse himself. 

“It’s his resolution based mostly upon legislation. For those who spent any time learning the Supreme Court docket justice, he’s one who research appropriately, and I imply, from during. If he sees it’s not upholding the Structure, he’ll rule in opposition to it.”

Of their letter, the Democrats additionally faulted Thomas for not disclosing his spouse’s revenue from the Heritage Basis between 2003 and 2007. 

They referred to as upon Thomas to elucidate his resolution to stay concerned in circumstances associated to the election and riot, and said that Roberts ought to commit “to making a binding Code of Conduct for the Supreme Court docket.”

Fox Information’ Kyle Morris contributed to this report.