In an eight-page letter sent to the committee on Tuesday, Thomas Mark Paoletta’s lawyer wrote that his client was willing to testify before the committee to clear her name, but asked the committee to provide a better justification for why its submission is necessary. Paoletta’s letter to the committee was received and published by The Daily Caller. “Before I can propose to meet with you, I ask the Commission to provide a better justification for why Mrs Thomas’s testimony relates to the Commission’s legislative purpose,” Paoletta wrote in the letter. Paoletta noted his client’s text message chain with Mark Meadows, the former chief of staff to President Trump, writing that his views on the 2020 election were “personal”, adding that he was simply passing on information he saw for the first time to meadows when exchanging text. “It is important that Mrs Thomas never claimed to have first-hand knowledge of electoral fraud,” he added. “It simply came to our notice then that he was simply passing on information he had heard from others. He also explicitly condemned those who attacked the Capitol on January 6, asked some questions and expressed general disappointment. For example, she expressed her concern for the future of our country under the leadership of President Biden. ” Paoletta fired a shot at the committee at its last point, writing about how the panel communicated about his client, her husband and another witness through the media, noting how committee members and other lawmakers publicly shared their frustration. with the election results. “In this context, Ms. Thomas expressed her willingness to try to come before the Commission as a means to clarify her name. However, given the Commission ‘s understanding of the facts, I do not think there is a sufficient basis at this time to speak with Mrs Thomas. Perhaps the Commission has more information that would establish this basis, and I am happy to reconsider my recommendation if you make this information available. “But without further ado, I’m sure you can appreciate my concern that Mrs Thomas seems to have been asked to come in to continue the unfounded harassment that has been going on since January 6,” Paoletta concluded. Cheney is retweeting an article claiming that the case for prosecuting Trump is getting stronger “I will also note that this has been a particularly stressful time, as the Thomases have suffered an avalanche of death threats and further abuse from the unprecedented attack on the Supreme Court’s conservative judges and their families. “Without further ado, it remains to be seen whether the Commission would have been entertained by Genie Jones.” The Jan. 6 commission held its last public hearing of the month on Tuesday as a surprise testimony from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchison, who voiced Trump’s anger before and during the uprising, including details of an incident in which he was not allowed to go to the Capitol when a mob of supporters had already invaded the building. On January 6, 2021, Trump supporters stormed the building in an effort to prevent Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election.
