Schumer and Democrats say Clarence Thomas should recuse himself

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and a chorus of other Democrats called on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from cases related to January 6 after revelations that his wife Ginni sent numerous messages to Donald Trump’s White House Chief of Staff about overturning the 2020 election. Mr Schumer made the remarks during the Senate Democrats’ weekly press conference after The Washington Post and CBS News reported that Ms Thomas, a longtime conservative activist, sent repeated messages to Mark Meadows to overturn the 2020 presidential election. “The information we know right now raises serious questions about how close Justice Thomas and his wife are to the planning and execution of the insurrection.” The New York Democrat added that there should be some kind of code of ethics for Supreme Court justices. Mr Schumer said this despite the fact that New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that Mr Thomas should resign and that if not, “his failure to disclose income from right-wing organizations, recuse himself from matters involving his wife, and his vote to block the Jan 6th commission from key information must be investigated and could serve as grounds for impeachment.” But Mr Schumer is not the only Democratic Senator afraid to pull the trigger on impeachment.