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Ginni Thomas texts about overturning 2020 vote: Three questions

In the tense weeks following the 2020 presidential election, longtime conservative activist Virginia Thomas, who goes by Ginni and is the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, peppered White House chief of staff Mark Meadows with messages urging him to keep fighting to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.

Some of the messages, first reported by The Washington Post and CBS News, referenced fringe conspiracy theories and false charges of fraud as Ms. Thomas railed at what she called “the greatest Heist of our History.”

In one message to Mr. Meadows shortly after the vote, Ms. Thomas quoted language then circulating

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