Although our investigation never found communications that genuinely came from Justice Thomas, we did find text messages and other communications from his wife, Ginni. I had known Ginni Thomas for decades. By the time we were investigating January 6, I had not spoken to her for some time. I never thought of Ginni as a leader of any conservative group or movement—she was usually assisting someone else. I thought that others tried to use Ginni’s notoriety to gain support for their own causes. I suspected she might have fallen into some role supporting the January 6 effort, but from my knowledge
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