It seems it is increasingly becoming a family affair in the murky realm that is MAGA world. A couple weeks back we learned of Ginni Thomas, wife of associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, having a propensity for texting then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows with nearly apocalyptic messages regarding why Donald Trump did not lose the 2016 election and why it was important that Meadows do what he could to assure that their apparent liege lord not be asked to vacate the premises of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
New reporting from CNBC has it that Thomas operates Liberty Consulting (one would assume “liberty” has a meaning that is associated with freedom from those with authoritarian tendencies, but evidently one would be wrong in relation to Thomas). CNBC reports that among Liberty’s clients are:
•Center for Security Policy, “a nonprofit founded by a conservative activist accused of anti-Muslim rhetoric.”
•FedUp PAC, which backed the failed Senate run of Alabama Republican Roy Moore.
•Center for Security Policy. CNBC reports its founder, Frank Gaffney Jr., has “been flagged by the Anti-Defamation League for pushing ‘a number of anti-Muslim conspiracy theories.’”
Ivanka speaks: Then yesterday former First Daughter (sorry Tiffany) Ivanka Trump, who was a senior advisor to her father, appeared via video for more than eight hours before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection. While it isn’t clear exactly what it is she told the committee, its chair, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), told reporters that she didn’t plead the Fifth (which seems like a bizarre qualifier from the guy who is heading the operation), she wasn’t “chatty” though she was helpful, and it was a good thing that she appeared without being subpoenaed. Neal Katyal, former acting U.S. solicitor general, quipped to MSNBC that Ivanka showed up in true Trump fashion: Late, but before the subpoena.
—Gary S. Vasilash
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