Trump basically just asked Clarence Thomas for a bro job and it looks like it’s gonna happen
Well, the thing we all knew was going to happen eventually just happened.Donald Trump asked SCOTUS intervene in his ongoing battle with the Justice Department over the classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago back in August.The ex-president filed an emergency request late last night asking the Supreme Court to overrule an appellate court decision blocking a special master from reviewing roughly 100 of the stolen documents.Now, here’s where it gets especially squirrely.The request is being handled by far-right, anti-LGBTQ Justice Clarence Thomas, whose far-right, anti-LGBTQ wife, Ginni, was questioned last week by the January 6 committee about her close ties to the MAGA militia and her alleged involvement in Trump’s failed coup.NEW: Ginni Thomas met with Jan 6 committee IN PERSON.
She did not answer my questions pic.twitter.com/5z6pypr0S9— Annie Grayer (@AnnieGrayerCNN) September 29, 2022Politico reports:Lawyers for Trump asked Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday to issue an emergency order that would restore an outside reviewer’s authority over about 100 documents with classification markings found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate during the Aug.
8 search.Such a move would make it easier for Trump to continue to pursue claims that those documents — some marked “Top Secret,” or with even more restrictive classifications — should not be in the hands of Justice Department investigators because they are subject to executive privilege, because Trump declassified them before leaving office, or for other reasons.It doesn’t take much to figure out where this whole thing is headed.
Thomas has shown favoritism to Trump in the past.In January, SCOTUS rejected the ex-president’s bid to block the release of certain presidential records.
