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Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021

Did Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife charter buses for January 6, 2021, protesters in Washington, D.C.?

Alexis Tereszcuk, Lead Stories
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Justice Clarence Thomas's wife, Ginni Thomas, did promote the rally that evolved into protesters storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, but there have been no documents or witnesses to support a claim that she or her husband paid for buses that transported supporters to the event.

A claim went viral in January 2021 that implied Ginni Thomas was connected to Turning Point USA, which sent buses of people to the rally, and it has resurfaced again in April 2021. The April 2021 claim also includes Justice Thomas as funding the buses.

Andrew Kolvet, spokesman for Turning Point USA, told Lead Stories that the Thomases did not personally finance any of the buses sent to the rally. "They didn't pay for anything," Kolvet said. 

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